/ri duk"tee oh' ad" ab serr"deuhm, -zerr"-, -shee oh'/ , Logic.
a reduction to an absurdity; the refutation of a proposition by demonstrating the inevitably absurd conclusion to which it would logically lead.
[ 1735-45; reductio ad absurdum ]
/ri duk"tee oh' ad" ab serr"deuhm, -zerr"-, -shee oh'/ , Logic.
a reduction to an absurdity; the refutation of a proposition by demonstrating the inevitably absurd conclusion to which it would logically lead.
[ 1735-45; reductio ad absurdum ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012