Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
relating to logical deduction;
- Example: "deductive reasoning"2.
involving inferences from general principles;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Deductive \De*duct"ive\, a. [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.]
Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from
premises; deducible.
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All knowledge of causes is deductive. --Glanvill.
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Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process.
--Whewell.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deductive
adj 1: relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning"
2: involving inferences from general principles [ant:
inductive]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "deductive":
a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, ablative, academic, analytic,
categorical, conditional, conjectural, deducible, derivable,
dialectic, discursive, dogmatic, enthymematic, epagogic, erosive,
hypothetical, illative, inductive, inferential, maieutic,
purported, putative, ratiocinative, reasoned, reductive, soritical,
speculative, subtractive, supposed, syllogistic, synthetic,
theoretical