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apagogic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English apagoge Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English apagogic From apagoge + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rhetoric) Proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Relateds

apagogically · ad absurdum · apagogical

Translations (3)

pl apagogiczny (proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility, or absurdity of the contrary) · it apagogico (proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility, or absurdity of the contrary) · pt apagógico (proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility, or absurdity of the contrary)