ELENCTIC


Meaning of ELENCTIC in English

adjective

or elench·tic -ŋtik ; also elenc·ti·cal or elench·ti·cal -tə̇kəl

Etymology: Greek elenktikos, from elenktos (verbal of elenchein ) + -ikos -ic, -ical

: serving to refute — used of indirect modes of proof; opposed to deictic

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