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Definition of: apagoge
(ap′ə·gō′jē) noun
1. Math. The use of one proposition already demonstrated to prove another.
2. Logic Establishment of a thesis by showing its contrary to be absurd. [<Gk. apagōgē a leading away < apagein < apo- away + agein lead]
—ap′a·gog′ic (-goj′ik) or ·i·cal adjective
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