apagoge

(ˌæpəˈɡəʊdʒɪ)

an indirect argument which serves to prove something by showing the contrary to be absurd or impossible

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apagoge

a method of argument in which the proposition to be established is emphasized through the disproving of its contradiction; reductio ad absurdum. — apagogic, adj.

See also: Argumentation

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