reductio
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(reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd;
Or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction (synset 105833309)is a type of: disproof, falsification, refutation - any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of somethingsame as: reductio ad absurdum
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