Basing his conclusion of guilt on deductive reasoning, Sherlock Holmes ratted out his own partner, Watson.
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Deductive
Synonyms for "deductive" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
15 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 14 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- արտածական adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
- դեդուկտիվ adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Catalan
1 entries- deductiu adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 推理的 adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
- 推論的 /推论的 adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Finnish
1 entries- deduktiivinen adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
French
1 entries- déductif adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Greek
1 entries- παραγωγικός adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Hindi
2 entries- निगमनिक adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
- वियोजक adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Indonesian
1 entries- deduktif adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Italian
1 entries- deduttivo adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Polish
1 entries- dedukcyjny adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Russian
1 entries- дедукти́вный adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Spanish
1 entries- deductivo adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Turkish
1 entries- çıkarım adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Urdu
1 entries- استخراجی adj (of, pertaining to, or based on deduction)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Sherlock Holmes retained his deductive abilities because of, rather than in spite of, the absolute cartloads of cocaine he shoved up his nose every day.
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deductive system of semantics
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