apagogic

adjective

ap·​a·​gog·​ic

¦apə¦gäjik

variants or apagogical

-jėkəl

: of, relating to, or involving an apagoge

especially : proceeding by the method of disproving the proposition that contradicts the one to be established

apagogically

-jə̇k(ə)lē

adverb

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