Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reductio

1 sense of reductio

Sense 1
reductio ad absurdum, reductio -- ((reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction)
       => disproof, falsification, refutation -- (any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something)