IGNORATIO ELENCHI


Meaning of IGNORATIO ELENCHI in English

/ig'neuh ray"shee oh' i leng"kuy, -kee/ , Logic.

the fallacy of offering proof irrelevant to the proposition in question.

[ 1580-90; ignoratio elenchi lit., ignorance of the refutation; see ELENCHUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .