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Webster 1913 Edition


Deductive

De-duct′ive

,
Adj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Deductive

DEDUCTIVE

,
Adj.
Deducible; that is or may be deduced from premises.
All knowledge is deductive.

Definition 2024


deductive

deductive

See also: déductive

English

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.

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Latin

Adjective

dēductīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēductīvus