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Definition of Elenctic
1. a. Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.
Definition of Elenctic
1. Adjective. Serving to refute; refutative ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to elenchus ¹
3. Adjective. Applied to indirect modes of proof; opposed to (term deictic). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elenctic
1. elenchus [adj] - See also: elenchus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elenctic
Literary usage of Elenctic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biblical Criticism on the First Fourteen Historical Books of the Old by Samuel Horsley (1820)
"The third part is elenctic, addressed to the Jews, regardless of the proffered
mercy. The 19th, 20th, and 21st verses, he understood ..."
2. The Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Matthew Henry: Containing in Addition to by Matthew Henry, Philip Henry (1833)
"He had a particular concern to have them well grounded in Logic, both didactic
and elenctic,and spent more time with them than most tutors do in that part ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1866)
"The method adopted leaves considerable danger lest the deictic should be retorted
into an elenctic argument. If miracles are so essential to the proof of ..."
4. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"... a dried fig (not ital., no accent). elements (chemical), no point after symbols;
see also under each name. elemi*, a resin. elenctic/*, of refutation, ..."
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