elenctic

adjective

elenc·​tic

variants or elenchtic

-ŋtik

or less commonly elenctical or elenchtical

-tə̇kəl

: serving to refute

—used of indirect modes of proof

—opposed to deictic

Word History

Etymology

Greek elenktikos, from elenktos (verbal of elenchein) + -ikos -ic, -ical

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