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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. [1913 Webster] All knowledge of causes is deductive. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
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