REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM


Meaning of REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM in English

/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 .