English Explanatory Dictionary

proof by contradiction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The proof of a statement adduced by deriving a contradiction from the statement's negation.

Word forms

proof by contradiction proofs by contradiction

Synonyms

apagoge reductio ad absurdum
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