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Reductio ad absurdum

The method of proving a statement by assuming the statement is false and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction.

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noun
  1. 1

    The method of proving a statement by assuming the statement is false and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction.

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