elenctic
adjective
elenc·tic
\-ŋtik\\-tə̇kəl\
variants: or
elenchtic
\-ŋtik\ less commonlyelenctical
orelenchtical
\-tə̇kəl\Definition of elenctic
: serving to refute —used of indirect modes of proof —opposed to deictic
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Origin and Etymology of elenctic
Greek elenktikos, from elenktos (verbal of elenchein) + -ikos -ic, -ical
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