Elench

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  • n. That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
  • n. A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
  • n. A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In logic, an argumentation concluding the falsity of something maintained; a refutation; a confutation; also, a false refutation; a sophism. Also elenchus.
    • Cross Reference
    ignorance of the elench   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    refutation    sophism   
     
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