elench

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
    — Reprehension or Elench […] is a Syllogisme, which gathereth a conclusion contrary to the assertion of the respondent, as if a man would defend Medea not to love her childe, because she killed it, another might reason against him in this manner: every Mother loveth her child: but Medea is a Mother: Ergo, Medea loveth her child: the Conclusion of this Syllogisme is contrarie to the first Assertion […]
  2. A specious argument; a sophism. obsolete
    — But of these Sophisms and Elenchs of marchandize I skill not […]

词形变化

elenchs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
elenchic elenchical

词源

Latin elenchus, from Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (élenkhos, “refutation, scrutiny”); compare Old French elenche. Doublet of elenchus.
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