"apagogic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From apagoge + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|apagoge|ic}} apagoge + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} apagogic (not comparable)
  1. (rhetoric) Proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary. Tags: not-comparable, rhetoric Categories (topical): Logic, Rhetoric Related terms: apagogical, apagogically, ad absurdum Translations (proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility, or absurdity of the contrary): apagogico (Italian), apagogiczny (Polish), apagógico (Portuguese)

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