Chinese edit

contrary to reason; unreasonable; illogical
 
law; method; way
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (背理法) 背理
simp. #(背理法) 背理

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

背理法

  1. (logic) proof by contradiction

Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
はい
Grade: 6

Grade: 2
ほう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology edit

(はい)() (hairi, contrary to reason) + (ほう) (, method)

Noun edit

(はい)()(ほう) (hairihō

  1. (logic) proof by contradiction[1]

References edit

  1. ^ 背理法”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months