nnoun.cognition(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
Synset:reductio ad absurdum
Hypernyms:disproof falsification refutation
Inherited Hypernyms:reductio ad absurdumdisproofevidenceinformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity