Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

destructive sorites

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: de-struc-tive -sorites
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of reductio ad absurdum which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last.

Example Sentences

"In a destructive Sorites, you, of course, go back from the denial of the last consequent to the denial of the first antecedent"

Questions

What does destructive sorites mean?: A form of reductio ad absurdum which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last.

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