indirect reduction
nounDefinition of indirect reduction
1 : the process of reducing a syllogistic argument to the first figure by taking the contradictory of the conclusion as a premise and getting the contradictory of one premise as the new conclusion —contrasted with direct reduction
2 or less commonly indirect proof : a reductio ad absurdum
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