deductive

See also: déductive

English

Etymology

From deduct +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈdʌktɪv/, /dɪˈdʊktɪv/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

deductive (comparative more deductive, superlative most deductive)

1. Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
2. (logic) Based on inferences from general principles.

Derived terms

• deductive closure
• deductive database
• deductive inference
• deductive language
• deductively
• deductive mood
• deductiveness
• deductive reasoning
• deductivism
• deductivist
• deductivistic
• hypothetico-deductive
• hypotheticodeductive
• nondeductive
• undeductive

 

Translations

of, pertaining to, or based on deduction

• Armenian: արտածական (artacakan), դեդուկտիվ (hy) (deduktiv)
• Catalan: deductiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 推論的 / 推论的 (tuīlùn de), 推理的 (tuīlǐ de)

• Finnish: deduktiivinen (fi)
• French: déductif (fr)
• Greek: παραγωγικός (el) m (paragogikós)
• Hindi: निगमनिक (nigamnik), वियोजक (hi) (viyojak)
• Indonesian: deduktif (id)
• Polish: dedukcyjny (pl) m
• Russian: дедукти́вный (ru) (deduktívnyj)
• Spanish: deductivo (es)
• Urdu: استخراجی (astakhraji)

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} deduttivo (it)

Latin

Adjective

dēductīve

1. vocative masculine singular of dēductīvus