DEDUCTIVE REASONING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

deduction; deductive reasoning; synthesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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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