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Definition of: elenchus
(i·leng′kəs) noun plural ·chi (-kī)
1. The contradictory opposite of a proposition; hence, a refuting argument; a refutation.
2. A false refutation; sophism. Also e·lench (i·lengk′). [<L <Gk. elenchos a cross–examination]
—e·len′chic or ·chi·cal, e·lenc′·tic or ·ti·cal adjective
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