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▸ noun: (mathematics, logic) The method of disproving a statement by assuming the statement is true and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction.
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▸ noun: (mathematics, logic) The method of disproving a statement by assuming the statement is true and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction.
Similar:
reduction to the absurd,
proof by contradiction,
reductio ad Hitlerum,
destructive sorites,
logicism,
reduction,
axiomatization,
redex,
analysis,
infinite descent,
more...
Adjectives:
inconsistent,
paraconsistent,
contraposed,
falsidical,
contradictory,
abdicative,
subcontrary,
chop logic,
choplogic,
counterfactual,
contrary
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