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A form of prooftext — A decontextualized quotation from a document (often, but not always, a book of the Bible) to establish a proposition rhetorically through an appeal to authority.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of prooftext
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APA

prooftexts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prooftexts

MLA

“prooftexts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prooftexts. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prooftexts,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prooftexts.

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