Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.


Noun: reductio
  1. (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
    - reductio ad absurdum

Type of: disproof, falsification, refutation

Nearest

reduced
reduced instruction set computer
reduced instruction set computing
reducer
reducible
reducing
reducing agent
reducing diet
reductant
reductase
reductio
reductio ad absurdum
reduction
reduction division
reduction gear
reductionism
reductionist
reductive
reductivism
redundance
redundancy