noun🔗ShareThe method of proving a statement by assuming the statement is false and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction."His argument that no one should ever have homework reached a clear reductio ad absurdum when he claimed that, by extension, even surgeons shouldn't practice before operating, thereby demonstrating the flaws in his initial premise. "logicphilosophylanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
