prooftext

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Synonyms: proof text, protext, proof test

Antonyms: proof text, protext, proof test

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Noun

1. A [[decontextualized]] [[quotation]] from a [[document]] (often, but not always, a book of the [[Bible]]) to establish a [[proposition]] [[rhetorically]] through an [[appeal]] to [[authority]].

Verb

1. To use [[decontextualized]] [[quotations]] from a [[document]] (often, but not always, a book of the [[Bible]]) to establish a [[proposition]] [[rhetorically]] through an [[appeal]] to [[authority]].

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