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