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reductio ad absurdum

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reductio ad absurdum /rɪˌdʌktɪəʊ ad abˈsəːdəm/

▶noun Philosophy a method of proving the falsity of a premise by showing that its logical consequence is absurd or contradictory.

– origin L., lit. ‘reduction to the absurd’.

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