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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐλενκτικός“refutative”
- English todayelenctic
From Ancient Greek ἐλενκτικός (elenktikós, “refutative”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
elenctic
Today it means: Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἐλενκτικός