Definition of apagogic Apagogic
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What does apagogic mean?
Wiktionary 
- apagogic (Adjective)
Proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility, or absurdity of the contrary.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- apagogic (a.)
Alt. of Apagogical
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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apagogic
-al, ap-a-goj′ik, -al, adj. proving indirectly by an apagoge or reduction to an absurdity, the truth of the thesis being evinced through the falsehood of its opposite—opposed to direct or ostensive proof. [Gr. apagōgē, leading away, abduction, apagein, to lead off.]
