Meaning of "elench" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF ELENCH

elench  [ɪˈlɛŋk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELENCH

Elench is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ELENCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Socrates

Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Plato's dialogues are among the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity, though it is unclear the degree to which Socrates himself is "hidden behind his 'best disciple', Plato". Through his portrayal in Plato's dialogues, Socrates has become renowned for his contribution to the field of ethics, and it is this Platonic Socrates who lends his name to the concepts of Socratic irony and the Socratic method, or elenchus. The latter remains a commonly used tool in a wide range of discussions, and is a type of pedagogy in which a series of questions is asked not only to draw individual answers, but also to encourage fundamental insight into the issue at hand.

Definition of elench in the English dictionary

The definition of elench in the dictionary is a refutation of an argument by proving the contrary of its conclusion, especially syllogistically. Other definition of elench is an instance of sophistry.

TRANSLATION OF ELENCH

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELENCH»

Discover the use of elench in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elench and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society

quali. Hymenio rugoso, nee tamen tuberculoso, subvelutino. Intus subtusque fuscescit. Omnino stratosa. ♢667. 63. T. areolata, F. Elench. p. 190, n. 32, olim a me T. fallax vocata. Trib. 4. Rkscpistatus. Subtrib. 1. Coniophora. 668. 64.

Bulletin

Hofsten, Ark. Zool., Stockholm, vol. 6, No. 1, 1909, p. 93. Doubtful, insufficiently described, or eliminated species: Brachionus aeinosus Pallas, Elench. Zooph., 1766, p. 100; not a rotifer. Brachionus anastatica Pallas, Elench. Zooph., 1766, p.

Synopsis of the Rotatoria

Hofsten, Ark. Zool., Stockholm, vol. 6, No. 1, 1909, p. 93. Doubtful, insufficiently described, or eliminated species: Brachionus acinosus Pallas, Elench. Zooph., 1766, p. 100; not a rotifer. Brachionus anastatica Pallas, Elench. Zooph., 1766, p.

Harry K. Harring, 1913

Bulletin - United States National Museum

Brachionus berberi/ormis Pallas, Elench. Zooph., 1766, p. 103; not a rotifer. Brachionus bidentatus Kertesz, Budapest Rotat. Faun., 1894, p. 49, pi. 1, fig. 2. Brachionus campanulatus Pallas, Elench. Zooph., 1766, p. 97; not a rotifer. Brachionus ...

The Philosophical Review

Herbert Nichols. ON THE ELENCH OF THE LiAR. The famous Elench of the Eubulides : if a man acknowledges that he lies, does he lie or speak the truth? is treated, as by Hegel (History of Philosophy, vol. I, p. 459), as a formal contradiction.

Jacob Gould Schurman, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, 1895

Speusippus of Athens: A Critical Study With a Collection of ...

Elench. 174 B 27 (otov 6 KXeo<pwv 7roiet h t<j> Mav8po(iouX<j>) previous to that of Bywater, because they took the clause to mean that Cleophon was the author of the Mandrobulus*5 have been superseded by his article "The Cleophons in ...

Leonardo Tarán, 1981

Boèce Ou la Chaîne Des Savoirs: Actes Du Colloque ...

(01) Elench. 35.24 De trinitate (I) Elench. 50.61 Utrum (II) Elench. 51.774 Contra ( V) Elench. 61.301 De fide (IV) Elench. 103.004 Utrum (II) Topica 21.903 Utrum (II) Consolatio 28.748 De fide (IV) Topica 33.142 De fide (IV) Consolatio 40.457.

Fondation Singer-Polignac. Colloque international, Alain Galonnier, 2003

A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...

ELENCH', b. [L. clench us ; Gr. eTuy^oj, from fAfyga, to argue, to refute.] 1 . A vicious or fallacious argument, which is apt to deceive under the appearance of truth ; a sophism. [Little used.] Brown. 2. In antiquity, a kind of earring set with pearls.

Noah Webster, 1832

Dispositions: Gazing Into the Amazing, Colorful, Global ...

THE term elenchus means the contradictory opposite of a proposition; hence a refuting argument, however, the word elench is generally used for a false refutation, sophism. AS a rule, an enemy attacks what in his view is one's weakest point ...

Ahmed K. Nazir, 2008

Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des polypiers

Elench. p. 174, n. 106. G. acerosa ; Pal]. Blanc/2. p. 172. , n. 105. G. setosa; Gmel . Syst. nat. p. 3807 , n. 12.. G. sanguinolenta ; Pall. Elench. p. 175, n. 107. Mer de N orWège; Méditerranée; côtes d'Afri— que et des Antilles. Nom. J'ai réuni sous ...

Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux, 2014

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELENCH»

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Saturn's Moon Dione May Have Been Active Like Enceladus

zetetic elench May 30, 2013, 2:11 PM. once again it's interesting to note how quickly these iceballs orbit Saturn. in Dione's case it's a mere ... «Universe Today, May 13»

An Awesome Look at Enceladus, the Jet-Powered Moon

I'm curious as to how much thrust these jets produce. Could it eventually alter the moon's orbit? Just a thought. Link. zetetic elench May 1, 2013, ... «Universe Today, Apr 13»

Extreme Solar Systems: Why Aren't We Finding Other Planetary …

KOI 500 has been on the known planet candidate list since February 2011. It's discovery is nothing new. Link. zetetic elench October 16, 2012, ... «Universe Today, Oct 12»

Student Aids In Tracking Down Near Earth Asteroids

zetetic elench November 22, 2011, 1:00 PM. hah! the codebase hero. give that kid a new cpu. Link. Anonymous November 22, 2011, 4:23 PM. «Universe Today, Nov 11»