transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈdək-tē-ˌō-ˌad-əb-ˈsər-dəm, -ˈdək-sē-ō-, -shē-, -ˈzər- ]
noun
Etymology: Late Latin, literally, reduction to the absurd
Date: 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