About The Word Deductive
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Deductive
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What's The Definition Of Deductive?
[adj] involving inferences from general principles
[adj] relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning" Synonyms | Synonyms for Deductive: deducible | illative | inferential Related Terms | Find terms related to Deductive: a fortiori | a posteriori | a priori | ablative | academic | analytic | categorical | conditional | conjectural | deducible | derivable | dialectic | discursive | dogmatic | enthymematic | epagogic | erosive | hypothetical | illative | inductive | inferential | maieutic | purported | putative | ratiocinative | reasoned | reductive | soritical | speculative | subtractive | supposed | syllogistic | synthetic | theoretical See Also | a priori | analytic | analytical Deductive In Webster's Dictionary \De*duct"ive\, a. [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.]
Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from
premises; deducible.
All knowledge of causes is deductive. --Glanvill.
Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process.
--Whewell.
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