Of or relating to elenchus; serving to refute or disprove through logical contradiction.
Variant form of 'elenchic,' with the suffix '-ic' directly from Greek 'elenkhtikos.' Different spellings reflect different scholarly traditions and time periods.
English loves having multiple spellings for the same Greek concept—'elenchic,' 'elenchtic,' and 'elenctic' are like different routes up the same mountain, all arriving at the refutation peak!
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