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Interlocutor vs Elenchus - What's the difference?

interlocutor | elenchus |

As nouns the difference between interlocutor and elenchus

is that interlocutor is a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation or interlocutor can be (scotland|legal) a decree of a court while elenchus is (rhetoric) a technique of argument associated with wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point.

interlocutor

English

(wikipedia interlocutor)

Alternative forms

* interlocutour (obsolete)

Etymology 1

A noun-form of (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation.
  • * 1894 , Calvin Thomas, "The Teacher's Outfit in German," The School Review , vol. 2, no. 7, p. 406,
    • Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
  • A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the end men and acts as leader.
  • * 1991 , Maureen Costonis, "Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress," American Music , vol. 9, no. 3, p. 299,
    • The "interlocutor " greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
  • (legal) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.

    • Synonyms

    * (A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation) converser, conversationalist
    Related terms
    * interlocution * interlocutorily * interlocutory * interlocutress * interlocutrice * interlocutrix

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) interlocutoire, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland, legal) A decree of a court.
  • * 1869 , "The Judicial System of Scotland," The American Law Register (1852-1891) , vol. 17, no. 5, p. 257,
    • A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor ) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.

    elenchus

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rhetoric) A technique of argument associated with wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point.
  • * 1991 , Thomas c. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith, “Socrates’ Elenctic Mission”, in Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy , Volume IX (1991), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-823990-1, page 131–132:
    • The elenchus begins when an interlocutor makes some moral claim that Socrates wishes to examine. The argument then proceeds from premisses that express certain of the interlocutor’s other beliefs to a conclusion that contradicts the original moral claim under scrutiny.

    Related terms

    * elenctic

    Synonyms

    *Socratic method ----