Origin: L, reduction to absurdity
See reductio ad absurdum in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. re·duc·ti·o·nes ad absurdum (-ōˈnēz, -nās)
Origin:
Origin: Medieval Latin reductiō ad absurdum
Origin: : Latin reductiō, a bringing back, reduction
Origin: + Latin ad, to
Origin: + Latin absurdum, absurdity
Origin: , from neuter of absurdus, absurd
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