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| re·duc·ti·o ad ab·sur·dum [ ri dùkshee ō ad əb súrdəm, ri dùktee ō ad əb súrdəm ] |
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1. taking something to absurd lengths: the application of a rule or principle so strictly or literally that the result is ridiculous
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2. logical disproof: the disproving of a logical argument by showing that its ultimate conclusion is absurd
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3. logical proof: the proving of a logical argument indirectly, by showing that the contradictory argument is absurd
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| [Mid-18th century. < Latin, "reduction to the absurd"] |
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