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apagogic

apagogic adjective: proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Adjective

apagogic (not comparable)

  1. (rhetoric) Proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Origin of apagogic

From apagoge + -ic.

Questions about apagogic

What does apagogic mean?
Apagogic means proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
What part of speech is apagogic?
Apagogic is an adjective.

Words near apagogic in the dictionary

  1. apadravya
  2. apadravyas
  3. apafant
  4. apagoge
  5. apagoges
  6. apagogic
  7. apagogical
  8. apagogically
  9. apahack
  10. apahacked
  11. apahacking

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