SINCE 1828
elenctic
adjective
elenc·tic
variants:
or elenchtic \ -ŋtik \
or less commonly elenctical
or elenchtical \ -tə̇kəl \
Definition of elenctic
: serving to refute
—used of indirect modes of proof —opposed to deictic
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