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DEDUCTIVE REASONING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deductive reasoning mean? 

DEDUCTIVE REASONING (noun)
  The noun DEDUCTIVE REASONING has 1 sense:

1. reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)play

  Familiarity information: DEDUCTIVE REASONING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEDUCTIVE REASONING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

deduction; deductive reasoning; synthesis

Hypernyms ("deductive reasoning" is a kind of...):

abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deductive reasoning"):

syllogism (deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises)


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