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Definition of Reductio
1. Noun. (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reductio
Literary usage of Reductio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of Development: A Criticism of Dr. Newman's Essay on the by James Bowling Mozley (1878)
"We must be allowed to say here that the reductio ad absurdum, ... In the present
instance we shall only ask, would it be a reductio ad absurdum of the ..."
2. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1917)
"reductio ad Absurdum. It is sometimes possible to show the absurdity of an argument
by a ... This method of refutation is called reductio ad Absurdum. ..."
3. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1908)
"reductio ad Absurdum. — It is sometimes possible to show the absurdity of an
argument by a ... This method of refutation is called reductio ad Absurdum. ..."
4. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1908)
"I. reductio ad Absurdum. — It is sometimes possible to show the absurdity of an
argument by a ... This method of refutation is called reductio ad Absurdum. ..."
5. Cap and Gown: Some College Verse by Joseph Le Roy Harrison (1893)
"... reductio AD ABSURDUM. ('\f every ill is love the cure, Howe'er so great that
ill may be ; But if thy ill be love itself, Alas, no cure is left for thee ..."
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