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Definition of Elenchus
1. n. Same as Elench.
Definition of Elenchus
1. Noun. (rhetoric) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elenchus
1. a logical refutation [n -CHI] : ELENCHIC, ELENCTIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elenchus
Literary usage of Elenchus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Register of National Bibliography: With a Selection of the Chief by William Prideaux Courtney (1905)
"XXX. elenchus librorum de apium cultura, by Augusto de Keller ; Milano, 1881.
Francesco Beltramini de Casati, 1882. délie bibliog. di quella apistica, ..."
2. The Organon, Or Logical Treatises, of Aristotle: With the Introduction of by Aristotle, Octavius Freire Owen, Porphyry (1908)
"(Conf. way, so that if what is laid down should be con- Sop' Elen- "•) trary to
the conclusion, it is necessary that an elenchus should be produced, ..."
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