Search Result for "reasoning backward":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence;
[syn: regress, reasoning backward]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reasoning backward
    n 1: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is
         true and reason backward to the evidence [syn: regress,
         reasoning backward]