en reductio ad absurdum

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: CC-CEDICT 2017-10, JMDict 1.07, English Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ca reducció a l'absurd (n, cognition) ➜
  • en reductio (n, cognition) ➜
  • eu absurdora eramate (n, cognition) ➜
  • eu absurdoratze (n, cognition) ➜
  • fi reductio ad absurdum (n, cognition) ➜
  • fi reduktio (n, cognition) ➜
  • fr apagogie (n, cognition) ➜
  • fr raisonnement par l'absurde (n, cognition) ➜
  • id pembuktian melalui kontradiksi (n, cognition) ➜
  • ja 帰謬法 (n) ➜
  • ja 背理法 (n) ➜
  • ja 背理法 (n, cognition) ➜
  • pt prova por contradição (n, cognition) ➜
  • en apagoge (n) ➜
  • en proof by contradiction (n) ➜
  • en apagoge ➜
  • en proof by contradiction ➜
  • zh 反證 ➜
  • zh 反證法 ➜
  • zh 反证 ➜
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Related terms

  • cs důkaz sporem (n) ➜
  • en absurdum (n) ➜
  • en destructive sorites (n) ➜
  • en contradiction ➜
  • nl bewijs uit het ongerijmde (n) ➜

Word forms

  • en reduction to absurd (n) ➜
  • en reductios ad absurdum (n) ➜

Context of this term

  • en logic ➜
  • en mathematics ➜

reductio ad absurdum is a type of…

  • en disproof (n, cognition) ➜

Derived from

  • en ad absurdum (r) ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 105833309-n
  • en.wiktionary.org reductio ad absurdum
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