| ADJECTIVE | pert | deductive | relating to logical deduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | deductive | involving inferences from general principles |
| Sounds | dihdah'ktahv | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | above ... truelove: 15 rhymes with ahv... | |
| Meaning | relating to logical deduction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "deductive reasoning" | |
| Spanish | deductivo | |
| Nouns | deduction | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) |
| Verbs | deduce | reason by deduction |
| deduce | conclude by reasoning | |
| Meaning | Involving inferences from general principles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | deducible | capable of being deduced |
| illative | Expressing or preceding an inference | |
| illative, inferential | resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference | |
| inferential | Of reasoning | |
| See also | a priori | Involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect |
| analytic, analytical | Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | |
| Opposite | inductive | Of reasoning |
| Spanish | deductivo | |
| Catalan | deductiu | |
| Verbs | deduce | reason by deduction |
| deduce | conclude by reasoning | |
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