REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM


Meaning of REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM in English

[re.duc.tio ad ab.sur.dum] n [LL, lit., reduction to the absurd] (1741) 1: disproof of a proposition by showing an absurdity to which it leads when carried to its logical conclusion

2: the carrying of something to an absurd extreme

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