Apagogic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apagogic \Ap`a*gog"ic\, Apagogical \Ap`a*gog"ic*al\, a.
     Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or
     impossibility of the contrary. --Bp. Berkeley.
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