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reductio ad absurdum

/ri,dəktɪoʊ_æd_æb'zɜrdəm/

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noun
(reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
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disproof falsification refutation

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