See Also: reductio ad absurdum(dictionary)
absurdum(dictionary)
reductio ad impossibile(dictionary)

INSUFFICIENCY (law) and reductio ad absurdum (iou)


INSUFFICIENCY (law)


INSUFFICIENCY. What is not competent; not enough.

reductio ad absurdum (iou)



reductio ad absurdum noun phr. M18.
[Latin, lit. 'reduction to the absurd'.]
Logic. A method of proving the falsity of a premiss by showing that the logical consequence is absurd.