noun elenchus (rhetoric) A technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point. 0
noun elenchus refutation of an argument by proving the contrary of its conclusion, esp syllogistically 0
noun elenchus a logical refutation, esp. one that disproves a proposition by proving the direct contrary of its conclusion 0
