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elenctic, a.|ɪˈlɛŋktɪk|
Also (incorrectly) elenchtic.
[ad. Gr. ἐλεγκτικ-ός, f. ἐλέγχ-ειν to refute; cf. prec.]
Of or pertaining to refutation; concerned with refutation; that occupies himself with cross-examination.
1833Blackw. Mag. XXXIII. 627 His duty is elenchtic. 1850Grote Greece ii. lxviii. VIII. 566 An elenchtic or cross-examining god. 1866Mill in Edin. Rev. CXXIII. 335 The dogmatic Plato seems a different person from the elenctic Plato. |