elenchus

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

Similar words

socratic elench epicheirema epichirema paromologia anacoenosis anthypophora procatalepsis antanagoge anacoluthon

Often followed by

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Word family

elenchi