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Elenchus
UK
/ɪˈlɛn.kəs/
US
/ɪˈlɛn.kəs/
Translation of "elenchus" into Russian
elenchus
Noun
UK
/ɪˈlɛn.kəs/
US
/ɪˈlɛn.kəs/
elenchus
elenchi pl
эленх
The philosopher used elenchus to refute the argument.
Философ использовал эленх, чтобы опровергнуть аргумент.
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elenchus
Noun
UK
/ɪˈlɛn.kəs/
US
/ɪˈlɛn.kəs/
In Socratic philosophy, a cooperative question-and-answer technique used to test, draw out, and sometimes refute an interlocutor’s beliefs.
Through the elenchus, Socrates revealed that the statesman did not truly understand the nature of justice.
In logic or rhetoric, a refutation that demonstrates a proposition to be false, often by deriving a contradiction.
The philosopher offered an elegant elenchus to disprove the skeptic’s claim.