apagoge

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Translations

 * French:
 * Italian: apagoge, apagogia
 * Portuguese: apagoge, apagogia

Noun

 * 1)   an indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary