deductive
adjective
formaluk/dɪˈdʌk.tɪv/us/dɪˈdʌk.tɪv/reachinganansweror adecisionbythinkingcarefullyabout theknownfacts:
推理的,演绎的a deductiveargument演绎论证
deductivelogic/reasoning演绎逻辑/推理
See
deduce
- Theeducationsystemthat most of us havegrownup withteacheslogical, deductivethinking.
- Smith'sscientificmethodisconsideredby some to have beenpurelydeductive.
- Earlier, wesawthatchildrenhave moredifficultywith deductiveexplanationsthan withempiricalexplanations.
Concluding and deducing
- analysis
- deduce
- deducible
- diagnosis
- draw
- drawn
- exclude
- in the last/final analysisidiom
- inconclusively
- inductive
- inductively
- infer
- must
- put
- putsomethingdown tosomething
- put two and two together and make fiveidiom
- put two and two togetheridiom
- reason
- syllogism
- syllogistic
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