Elenchus

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  • n. A technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as elench.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as elench.
  • n.
  • n. A genus of gastropods.
  • n. A genus of Strepsiptera.
    • Word Usage
    "In the dialogues of this group, the elenchus is a negative instrument, but in the Gorgias Socrates seems to use it in support of his bedrock principle."
    Cross Reference
    socratic elenchus   
    Variant
    elench   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Socratic method   
     
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