 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deductive
adjective
1: relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning"
2: involving inferences from general principles [ant: {inductive}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deductive \De*duct"ive\, adjective [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.]
Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from
premises; deducible.
All knowledge of causes is deductive. --Glanvill.
Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process.
--Whewell.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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