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elenctic

/ɨˈlɛŋktɪk/ · adj

Meaning

  1. Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.

Etymology / origin

From Ancient Greek ἐλενκτικός (elenktikós, “refutative”).

  1. ἐλενκτικός(grc)
  2. elenctic (English)
  3. Relations: uder

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