Indirect-proof
noun
1.
an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
noun
1.
(logic, maths) proof of a conclusion by showing its negation to be self-contradictory; reductio ad absurdum Compare direct (sense 17)
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