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rɪˈdʌk tiˌoʊ ˈæd æbˈsɜr dəm, -ˈzɜr-, -ʃiˌoʊre·duc·tio ad ab·sur·dum
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reductio ad absurdumnoun
Synonyms:
proof by contradictionreductio ad absurdumnoun
The method of proving a statement by assuming the statement is false and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction.
Synonyms:
proof by contradiction
Princeton's WordNet
reductio ad absurdum, reductionoun
(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
Synonyms:
reductio
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