Deductive reasoning

Synonyms for "deductive reasoning" (40 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(5 words)

abstract thinkinganalyticanalytical reasoningdeducing deduction

analysis demonstration discourse

Strong matches (12)

Noun(8 words)

erroneous deductionfaulty deductionformalformal reasoninglogicallogical deductionlogical reasoninglogical thinking

generalization inductioninductive reasoninginference

Related words (20)

Noun(9 words)

mathematical deductionproof by deductionreasoning basedreasoning by deductionrigorousrule-based reasoningsynthesis systematictop-down reasoning

particularization philosophy proof ratiocination rationalism rationality rationalization reason sophistryspecious reasoningsyllogism

Related word relations

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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

deduce deduct deduction deductive deductively deductiveness

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.

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