Usually means: Proof by demonstrating the impossible.
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  1. apagogic: Merriam-Webster
  2. apagogic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. apagogic: Wordnik
  4. apagogic: Wiktionary
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  6. Apagogic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Apagogic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. apagogic: FreeDictionary.org
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  10. apagogic: Merriam-Webster

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▸ adjective:  (rhetoric) Proving indirectly, by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Similar:
apagogical, aposiopetic, apological, apodeictic, apostrophic, apologal, apodictic, apothegmic, apophthegmatic, apophthegmatical, more...

Opposite:
catagogic, inductive, persuasive, convincing

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apagogical, aposiopetic, apological, apodeictic, apostrophic, apologal, apodictic, apothegmic, apophthegmatic, apophthegmatical, more...

Opposite:
catagogic, inductive, persuasive, convincing



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