Elenctic

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