deductive

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
deductive
    adj 1: relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning"
    2: involving inferences from general principles [ant:
       {inductive}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deductive \De*duct"ive\, a. [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.]
   Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from
   premises; deducible.
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         All knowledge of causes is deductive.    --Glanvill.
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         Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process.
                                                  --Whewell.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "deductive":
      a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, ablative, academic, analytic,
      categorical, conditional, conjectural, deducible, derivable,
      dialectic, discursive, dogmatic, enthymematic, epagogic, erosive,
      hypothetical, illative, inductive, inferential, maieutic,
      purported, putative, ratiocinative, reasoned, reductive, soritical,
      speculative, subtractive, supposed, syllogistic, synthetic,
      theoretical
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