reductio ad absurdum

短语

[拉](=reduction to absurdity)[逻]归谬法, 间接证明法, 反证法(说明某一命题的反面为不可能或荒谬, 以证明该命题为正确)

发音

UK /rɪˈdʌk.ti.əʊ æd əbˈsɜː.dəm/
US /rɪˈdʌk.ti.oʊ æd əbˈsɝ.dəm/

词形变化

reductio ad absurdums 复数 reductio ad absurdums reductios ad absurdum

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    不可数 数学 哲学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

falsification refutation disproof

词源

Unadapted borrowing from Latin reductiō ad absurdum.

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