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elenctic.

Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ɨˈlɛŋktɪk/UK/əˈlɛŋk.tɪk/US
  1. Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek ἐλενκτικός (elenktikós, “refutative”).

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