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reductio ad absurdum

reductio ad absurdum

 
pronunciation:
reI dUk ti o ad ab sur dUm [or] rih duhk ti o aed b suhr dm
part of speech: noun
definition: (Latin) the disproof of a proposition by demonstrating the impossibility or absurdity of its logical conclusion.