reductio ad absurdum

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  1. noun Disproof of a proposition by showing that it leads to absurd or untenable conclusions.

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  1. Medieval Latin reductiō ad absurdum : Latin reductiō, a bringing back, reduction + Latin ad, to + Latin absurdum, absurdity, from neuter of absurdus, absurd.

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  1. Latin: reductio, a leading, reduction; ad, to; absurdum, neuter of absurdus, absurd: see absurd.
 

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/rəˈdəkʃɪoʊ æd æbˈsərdəm/
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