soritic
/səˈrɪtɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or involving a series of small, incremental steps that lead to a significant change or conclusion, especially in logic or reasoning.
- The philosopher explained the soritic paradox by showing how removing one grain of sand at a time still leaves a heap.
- Her argument had a soritic structure, slowly building from small facts to a surprising conclusion.
- The debate used a soritic approach, adding one piece of evidence after another until the case was overwhelming.
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