elenctic
/ɨˈlɛŋktɪk/ · adj
Meaning
- 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”).
- ἐλενκτικός(grc)→
- elenctic (English)
- Relations: uder
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