DEDUCTIVE meaning: Reasoning from general to specific

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General (21 matching dictionaries)

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deductive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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deductive: Glossary of research economics
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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective: Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
▸ adjective: (logic) Based on inferences from general principles.

Opposite:

inductive, abductive, non-deductive

Types:

modus ponens, modus tollens, more...

Phrases:

deductive reasoning, deductive method, deductive logic, deductive argument, deductive inference, more...

Adjectives:

inductive, more, hypothetico, second, eminently, logic, less, main, mechanical, complete, inherently

Colors:

charcoal, slate gray, steel blue, midnight blue, indigo, more...

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