Deductive reasoning

Synonyms for "deductive reasoning" (40 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(5 words)
abstract thinkinganalyticanalytical reasoningdeducingdeduction

Strong matches (12)

Noun(8 words)
erroneous deductionfaulty deductionformalformal reasoninglogicallogical deductionlogical reasoninglogical thinking

Related words (20)

Noun(9 words)
mathematical deductionproof by deductionreasoning basedreasoning by deductionrigorousrule-based reasoningsynthesissystematictop-down reasoning

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More general

12 entries
abstract thoughtadjective of reasoningcognitioncognitive errorcognitive processcognitive skillerror in reasoninglogiclogical methodlogical reasoninglogical thinkingreasoning

More specific

8 entries
axiomatic deductionformal deductionformal proofinvalid argumentlogical fallacymathematical deductionsyllogistic argumentsyllogistic reasoning

Collocations

10 entries
axioms and theoremsdeductive approachdeductive argumentdeductive frameworkdeductive methoddeductive reasoning processdeductive reasoning skillslogical deductionmathematical deductionsyllogistic reasoning

Inflections

3 entries
deductive reasoningsmore deductivemost deductive

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

⁴⁴As a hunter traces the location of an animal by the trail of blood, so a king should trace the location of justice by deductive reasoning.

Source: wiktionary