An alternative form of elenchic, meaning involving refutation through exposing logical contradictions.
Extended form of 'elenchic' with the suffix '-al,' creating a variant adjective form that appears in older philosophical texts and formal academic writing.
When scholars add '-al' to 'elenchic,' they're emphasizing the quality or character of something—kind of like how 'magic' becomes 'magical' to make it feel more substantial!
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