REDUCTIO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reductio mean? 

• REDUCTIO (noun)
  The noun REDUCTIO has 1 sense:

1. (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction

  Familiarity information: REDUCTIO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDUCTIO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

reductio; reductio ad absurdum

Hypernyms ("reductio" is a kind of...):

disproof; falsification; refutation (any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something)