Meaning Of The Word Ignoratio elenchi
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Ignoratio elenchi Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Ignoratio elenchi?
ignoratio elenchi in American English
a fallacious argument in which the conclusion reached or proposition proved is irrelevant to the matter at hand noun: the fallacy of offering proof irrelevant to the proposition in question ignoratio elenchi in British English noun: a purported refutation of a proposition that does not in fact prove it false but merely establishes a related but strictly irrelevant proposition |
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