Deductive

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  • adjective. Of or based on deduction.
  • adjective. Involving or using deduction in reasoning.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of deduction; of the nature of or based on inference from accepted principles.
  • Deduced; derived as a conclusion from accepted principles; relating to inference from a principle to the results of that principle in any special case.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction.
  • adjective. Based on inferences from general principles.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. relating to logical deduction
  • adjective. involving inferences from general principles
  • Word Usage
    "Deductive inconsistency so defined determines one kind of incoherence in belief, which I refer to as deductive incoherence."