deductive
pronunciation
How to pronounce deductive in British English:
UK [dɪˈdʌktɪv]
How to pronounce deductive in American English:
US [dɪˈdʌktɪv]
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- Adjective:
- relating to logical deduction
- involving inferences from general principles
Word Origin
- deductive (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin deductivus, from deduct-, past participle stem of deducere "to deduce" (see deduce). Related: Deductively.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The idea of generic strategies was deductive in character , and thereby having gone beyond the contingency arguments .
- 2. I used my deductive powers .
- 3. Claiming that his method was empirical and inductive , rather than rationalist and deductive , newton was also fond of criticising descartes .
- 4. This is made evident when the same onscreen graphic language used to show text messages and web searches is also used to show sherlock 's own deductive reasoning .
- 5. With practice , neurons in the visual cortex and elsewhere specialize to identify these signature patterns , and finding them frees up mental resources for deductive reasoning , to check answers or to move on to harder problems .