elenctic, a.
(ɪˈlɛŋktɪk)
Also (incorrectly) elenchtic.
[ad. Gr. ἐλεγκτικ-ός, f. ἐλέγχ-ειν to refute; cf. prec.]
Of or pertaining to refutation; concerned with refutation; that occupies himself with cross-examination.
| 1833 Blackw. Mag. XXXIII. 627 His duty is elenchtic. 1850 Grote Greece ii. lxviii. VIII. 566 An elenchtic or cross-examining god. 1866 Mill in Edin. Rev. CXXIII. 335 The dogmatic Plato seems a different person from the elenctic Plato. |