单词 | reductio ad absurdum |
释义 | reductio ad absurdum (once / 30075 pages) n WORD FAMILY reductio ad absurdum USAGE EXAMPLESBut the Hillary Clinton campaign was its reductio ad absurdum : all segmented group appeal, no message. Washington Post(Nov 24, 2016) Collectively, they embody the reductio ad absurdum of a concept that everybody is a star. New York Times(Oct 12, 2016) It also suggests the reductio ad absurdum of the populist moment. Los Angeles Times(Jul 06, 2016) n (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction Syn|Hyper reductio disproof, falsification, refutation any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something |
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