DICTIONARY ENTRY
6 SYLLABLES
reductio ad absurdum
/ri,dəktɪoʊ_æd_æb'zɜrdəm/ · ridəktɪoʊædæbzɜrdəm
Reductio ad absurdum has 6 syllables: re · duc · ti · o ad ab · sur · dum.
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noun. (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.
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