Associations to the word «Elenchus»
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Wiktionary
ELENCHUS, noun. (rhetoric) A technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point.
Wise words
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite
surprised to be taken at his word.