deductive

See also: déductive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English deduct

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English deductive

From deduct + -ive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈdʌktɪv/, /dɪˈdʊktɪv/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌktɪv

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.

   deductive system of semantics

Derived terms

• deductive closure
• deductive database
• deductive inference
• deductive language
• deductively
• deductive mood
• deductiveness
• deductive reasoning
• deductivism
• deductivist
• deductivistic
• hypothetico-deductive
• hypotheticodeductive
• nondeductive
• undeductive

Translations

of, pertaining to, or based on deduction

• Armenian: արտածական (artacakan), դեդուկտիվ (hy) (deduktiv)
• Catalan: deductiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 推論的 / 推论的 (tuīlùn de), 推理的 (tuīlǐ de)

• Finnish: deduktiivinen (fi)
• French: déductif (fr)
• Greek: παραγωγικός (el) m (paragogikós)
• Hindi: निगमनिक (nigamnik), वियोजक (hi) (viyojak)
• Indonesian: deduktif (id)
• Italian: deduttivo (it)
• Polish: dedukcyjny (pl) m
• Russian: дедукти́вный (ru) (deduktívnyj)
• Spanish: deductivo (es)
• Turkish: çıkarım (tr)
• Urdu: استخراجی (astakhraji)

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} deduttivo (it)

Latin

Adjective

dēductīve

1. vocative masculine singular of dēductīvus