Elenchus Definition

ēleŋkəs
elenchi
noun
A logical refutation, esp. one that disproves a proposition by proving the direct contrary of its conclusion.
Webster's New World

(rhetoric) 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.

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Origin of Elenchus

  • From Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (elenkhos, “refutation, scrutiny”).

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