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Elenctic
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Same as
elenchic
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to
deictic
.
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adjective.
Serving to
refute
;
refutative
adjective.
Of or pertaining to
elenchus
adjective.
Applied to indirect modes of
proof
; opposed to
deictic
.
Word Usage
"The “elenctic” mode, named from the Socratic elenchos, is more confrontational and is aimed at removing false convictions, while the"
Equivalent
elenctical