REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM

Meaning of REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM in English

/ rɪˌdʌktiəʊ æd æbˈsɜːdəm; NAmE -tioʊ/ noun

[ U , C ] ( philosophy ) (from Latin ) a method of proving that sth is not true by showing that its result is not logical or sensible

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WORD ORIGIN

Latin , literally reduction to the absurd .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — noun Etymology: Late Latin, literally, reduction to the absurd Date: 1741 disproof of a proposition by showing an absurdity to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — /ri duk"tee oh' ad" ab serr"deuhm, -zerr"-, -shee oh'/ , Logic. a reduction to an absurdity; the refutation of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — noun Etymology: Late Latin, literally, reduction to the absurd Date: 1741 1. : disproof of a proposition by showing an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — [ rɪˌdʌktɪəʊ ad ab'sə:dəm ] ■ noun Philosophy a method of proving the falsity of a premise by showing that …
Concise Oxford English vocab
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — [re.duc.tio ad ab.sur.dum] n [LL, lit., reduction to the absurd] (1741) 1: disproof of a proposition by showing an absurdity …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — (Latin: reduction to absurdity), in logic, a form of refutation showing contradictory or absurd consequences following upon premises as a …
Britannica English vocabulary
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — reductio ad absurdum BrE AmE ri ˌdʌkt i əʊ ˌæd əb ˈsɜːd əm rə-, -ˌdʌkʃ-, -æbˈ•- AmE \ -oʊ ˌæd …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — n. a method of proving the falsity of a premiss by showing that the logical consequence is absurd; an instance …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — n. a method of proving the falsity of a premiss by showing that the logical consequence is absurd; an instance …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — n. a method of proving the falsity of a premiss by showing that the logical consequence is absurd; an instance …
Oxford English vocab
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — Pronunciation: ri- ' d ə k-t ē - ˌ ō - ˌ ad- ə b- ' s ə r-d ə …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — лат. доведение до абсурда (используется в выступлениях адвокатами как один из способов доказательства) (латинское) доведение до абсурда, до нелепости (как …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — Доказательство от противного
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — лат. доведение до абсурда, до нелепости ( как способ доказательства )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — матем. приведение к абсурду, сведение к абсурду
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — лат. доведение до абсурда, до нелепости ( как способ доказательства )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — лат. доведение до абсурда, до нелепости ( как способ доказательства )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — доказательство от противного
Англо-Русский физический словарь
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — лат. доведение до абсурда (используется в выступлениях адвокатами как один из способов доказательства)
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — лат. доведение до абсурда; приведение к нелепости.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM — лат. доведение до абсурда (используется в выступлениях адвокатами как один из способов доказательства) (латинское) доведение до абсурда, до нелепости (как …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
REDUCTIO — rə̇ˈdəkshēˌō, rēˈ-; rāˈdu̇ktēˌō noun ( plural reducti·o·nes ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈōˌnēz; ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈōˌnās) Etymology: Late Latin — more at reduction : an act or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AD — [ad] prep 1. to; 2. at (= a ) ad- prefixo verbal [subject to assimilation before single consonant; used with …
Interlingua English vocab
AD — I. ˈad, ˈaa(ə)d noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: by shortening : advertisement 2b II. noun ( -s …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AD — I. ˌad, ˌaa(ə)d, _əd noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French -ade, from Latin -ad-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AD- — prefix or ac- or af- or ag- or al- or ap- or as- or at- Etymology: ad- from Middle English, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AD — -ad 1 1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek denoting a group or unit comprising a certain number, sometimes …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AD — ad 1 /ad/ , n. 1. advertisement. 2. advertising: an ad agency. [ 1835-45; by shortening ] ad 2 /ad/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ABSURDUM — n. from the Latin phrase "ad absurdum" (to the point of absurdity)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
-AD — I. adverb suffix Etymology: Latin ad : in the direction of : toward cephal ad II. noun suffix Etymology: probably …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AD- — or ac- or af- or ag- or al- or ap- or as- or at- Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AD- — [ad-] or ac- or af- or ag- or al- or ap- or as- or at- prefix [ME, fr. MF, OF …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AD — [ad] n, often attrib (1841) 1: advertisement 2 2: advertising [2]ad n (1947): advantage 4.
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AD — [-ad] adv suffix [L ad]: in the direction of: toward "cephalad" [2]-ad n suffix [prob. fr. NL -ad-, -as, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AD- — ad- BrE AmE əd, (¦)æd —This prefix is strong ¦æd when stressed, (1) because of a suffix ( ˌ adap …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AD — / æd; NAmE / noun ( informal ) = advertisement : We put an ad in the local paper. an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AD — ( BrE ) ( NAmE A.D. ) / ˌeɪ ˈdiː/ abbreviation used in the Christian calendar to show a particular …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AD — AD BrE AmE British English , A.D. American English /ˌeɪ ˈdiː/ (Anno Domini) used to show that a date is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AD — ad S3 W3 /æd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] informal an advertisement ⇨ classified ad • • • THESAURUS ▪ advertisement …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AD — abbr. (of a date) of the Christian era. °Strictly, AD should precede a date (e.g. AD 410), but uses such …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AD — abbr. (of a date) of the Christian era. °Strictly, AD should precede a date (e.g. AD 410), but uses such …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AD — abbr. (of a date) of the Christian era. Usage: Strictly, AD should precede a date (e.g. AD 410), but uses …
Oxford English vocab
AD — You use AD in dates to indicate the number of years or centuries that have passed since the year in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AD — ( ads) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. An ad is an advertisement. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ad hoc committee/group etc ad hoc ▪ decisions made on an ad hoc basis ad …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AD — lib [adjective] [before noun], [adverb] - said without any preparation or thought in advanceI'd forgotten the notes for my speech …
Cambridge English vocab
AD — [adverb] - abbreviation for Anno Domini (used in the Christian calendar when referring to a year after Jesus Christ was …
Cambridge English vocab
AD — noun ( informal ) ADJECTIVE ▪ display , full-page ▪ classified , small ( BrE ), want ( AmE ) …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AD — I сущ.; сокр. от advertisement; разг. объявление, реклама She replied to a lonely hearts ad she spotted in the New …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AD — _I æd n ( сокр. от advertisement) разг. объявление, реклама want ad - объявление в газете в отделе спроса и …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AD — _I æd n ( сокр. от advertisement) разг. объявление, реклама want ad - объявление в газете в отделе спроса и …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AD — 1) рекл., разг. реклама, рекламное объявление 2) рекл., комп. реклама, рекламный носитель (первый уровень рекламы в сети Интернет: внешняя реклама, размещаемая …
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по маркетингу и торговле
AD — I сущ.; сокр. от advertisement; разг. объявление, реклама She replied to a lonely hearts ad she spotted in the New …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM EST — foreign term Etymology: Latin I believe it because it is absurd
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INDIRECT REDUCTION — noun 1. : the process of reducing a syllogistic argument to the first figure by taking the contradictory of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APAGOGE — ˈapəˌgōjē sometimes -gäjē or ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek apagōgē, literally, act of leading away, from apo- + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AD ABSURDUM — |adəbˈsərdəm adverb Etymology: Latin : to the point of absurdity not slavishly imitate it ad absurdum — Frank Weitenkampf
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AD ABSURDUM — /ad ab serr"deuhm/ to the point of absurdity. [ ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REDUCTION AD ABSURDUM — proving something to be false by demonstrating its illogical outcome
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AD ABSURDUM — to the point of absurdity (Latin)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM EST — foreign term Etymology: Latin : I believe it because it is absurd
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM EST — [cre.do quia ab.sur.dum est] [L] foreign term : I believe it because it is absurd
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOLIPSISM — in philosophy, formerly, moral egoism (as used in the writings of Immanuel Kant), but now, in an epistemological sense, the …
Britannica English vocabulary
OCCASIONALISM — a version of Cartesian metaphysics that flourished in the last half of the 17th century, in which all interaction between …
Britannica English vocabulary

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