What does deductive mean?

deductive means "relating to logical deduction". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deductive?

deductive has 3 syllables: de-duc-tive. The stress falls on "duc". In IPA it is /dɪˈdʌktəv/.

What is the opposite of deductive?

The recorded antonyms are inductive.

Is deductive a common word?

deductive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

deductive — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
relating to logical deduction
“deductive reasoning”
2.
involving inferences from general principles
Antonymsinductive
Similardeducible illative inferential

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What does deductive mean?: deductive means "relating to logical deduction". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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