elencticadj.

/ɪˈlɛŋktɪk/

Forms: Also (incorrectly) elenchtic.

Etymology: < Greek ἐλεγκτικός, < ἐλέγχειν to refute; compare elenchus n.

Of or pertaining to refutation; concerned with refutation; that occupies himself with cross-examination.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > relating to points of refutation

elenctical1615

elenchical1641

elenctic1833

elenchic1850

1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 33 627 His duty is elenchtic.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxviii. 566 An elenchtic or cross-examining god.

1866 Mill in Edinb. Rev. 123 335 The dogmatic Plato seems a different person from the elenctic Plato.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	elenctic
释义	elencticadj. /ɪˈlɛŋktɪk/ Forms: Also (incorrectly) elenchtic. Etymology: < Greek ἐλεγκτικός, < ἐλέγχειν to refute; compare elenchus n. Of or pertaining to refutation; concerned with refutation; that occupies himself with cross-examination. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > relating to points of refutation elenctical1615 elenchical1641 elenctic1833 elenchic1850 1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 33 627 His duty is elenchtic. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxviii. 566 An elenchtic or cross-examining god. 1866 Mill in Edinb. Rev. 123 335 The dogmatic Plato seems a different person from the elenctic Plato. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1833
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