apagoge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

/ˈæ.pə.ɡəʊ.d͡ʒi/

apagoge apagoges

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπαγωγή (apagōgḗ).

reductio ad absurdum

apagogic

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