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deductive
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of DEDUCTIVE
being or provable by reasoning in which the conclusion follows necessarily from given information <using deductive reasoning we must conclude that since everyone eventually dies, sooner or later it's going to be our turn>
Related Words conjectural, hypothetical, purported, supposed, suppositional; academic (also academical), speculative, theoretical (also theoretic); logical, rational
Near Antonyms inducible, inductive; absolute, categorical (also categoric), definite, explicit, express; instinctive, intuitive; illogical, irrational
Antonyms nondeductive
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