Antonyms for deductive
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : dih-duhk-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈdʌk tɪv |
- agitated
- ambiguous
- amenable
- artistic
- careless
- confused
- doubtful
- doubting
- dubious
- equivocal
- excited
- flexible
- fluctuating
- foolish
- idiotic
- illogical
- indecisive
- insane
- irrational
- manageable
- nonsensical
- not positive
- obedient
- questioning
- ridiculous
- senseless
- skeptical
- stupid
- submissive
- thoughtless
- unbalanced
- uncertain
- unintelligent
- unrealistic
- unreasonable
- unsound
- unstable
- unsystematic
- unwise
- vacillating
Definition of deductive
Origin :- 1640s, from Latin deductivus, from deduct-, past participle stem of deducere "to deduce" (see deduce). Related: Deductively.
- As in rational : adj realistic; of sound mind
- As in scientific : adj systematic; discovered through experimentation
- As in determinable : adj definable
- As in deducible : adj understandable
- As in dogmatic : adj based on absolute truth
- As in a priori : adv deducing from general principle
- You often show yourself without any faculty of deductive reasoning.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- Was this some more of her deductive reasoning, or had Cummings dropped a hint?
- Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
- This form of reasoning is deductive, that is, it proceeds from the general to the particular.
- Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
- It was a deductive and not an inductive process, by which he arrived at his theology.
- Extract from : « A Tour of the Missions » by Augustus Hopkins Strong
- In mathematical and deductive science, of course, it is quite otherwise.
- Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
- The deductive conclusion was confirmed and verified by experience.
- Extract from : « The History of Creation, Vol. I (of 2) » by Ernst Haeckel
- You might be the longest-headed of deductive reasoners, and yet you might be beaten by your own pawns.
- Extract from : « Felix Holt, The Radical » by George Eliot
- Neale's was the deductive method of arriving at conclusions.
- Extract from : « The U.P. Trail » by Zane Grey
- This axiom is the basis upon which we build our Deductive Reasoning.
- Extract from : « The Art of Logical Thinking » by William Walker Atkinson
- It furnishes us with the validity of the deductive inference or argument.
- Extract from : « The Art of Logical Thinking » by William Walker Atkinson
Synonyms for deductive
- a priori
- accurate
- all there
- analytical
- as a matter of course
- ascertainable
- assayable
- assertive
- authoritarian
- authoritative
- axiomatic
- balanced
- based on theory
- by fiat
- by natural law
- by nature
- calm
- canonical
- categorical
- cerebral
- circumspect
- clear
- cognitive
- collected
- consequent
- controlled
- cool
- deduced
- deducible
- deductive
- deliberate
- derivable
- discerning
- discoverable
- discriminating
- doctrinaire
- doctrinal
- dogmatic
- enlightened
- eternal
- exact
- excathedra
- experimental
- far-sighted
- following
- formal
- impartial
- imperative
- inevitable
- inferable
- inferential
- inferred
- intellectual
- intelligent
- judicable
- judicious
- knowing
- levelheaded
- logical
- lucid
- mathematical
- measurable
- methodical
- normal
- objective
- on faith
- oracular
- orthodox
- peremptory
- perspicacious
- philosophic
- positive
- pragmatic
- precise
- presumptive
- prophetic
- provable
- prudent
- ratiocinative
- rational
- reasonable
- reasoned
- reasoning
- reflective
- sagacious
- sane
- sensible
- sober
- sound
- stable
- supposed
- synthetic
- systematic
- theoretical
- thinking
- thoughtful
- together
- traceable
- unchangeable
- unerring
- unqualified
- well-advised
- wise
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