"deductive" meaning in English

See deductive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈdʌktɪv/ [UK], /dɪˈdʊktɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-deductive.wav Forms: more deductive [comparative], most deductive [superlative]
Etymology: From deduct + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|deduct|ive}} deduct + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} deductive (comparative more deductive, superlative most deductive)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
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  2. (logic) Based on inferences from general principles. Categories (topical): Logic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction): արտածական (artacakan) (Armenian), դեդուկտիվ (deduktiv) (Armenian), deductiu (Catalan), 推論的 /推论的 (tuīlùn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 推理的 (tuīlǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), deduktiivinen (Finnish), déductif (French), παραγωγικός (paragogikós) [masculine] (Greek), निगमनिक (nigamnik) (Hindi), वियोजक (viyojak) (Hindi), deduktif (Indonesian), dedukcyjny [masculine] (Polish), дедукти́вный (deduktívnyj) (Russian), deductivo (Spanish), استخراجی (astakhraji) (Urdu)
Derived forms: deductive closure, deductive database, deductive inference, deductive language, deductively, deductive mood, deductiveness, deductive reasoning, deductivism, deductivist, deductivistic, hypothetico-deductive, hypotheticodeductive, nondeductive, undeductive Disambiguation of 'of, pertaining to, or based on deduction': 50 50
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