单词 | deductive |
释义 | deductive (once / 7954 pages) adj Deductive thinking is based on logic and the facts. A good detective can use deductive reasoning to find a killer. If you want to know how to be deductive, read a Sherlock Holmes book or watch the show "House" (about a clever doctor who is based on Holmes). Both Holmes and House are masters of looking at the facts — which are often confusing — and making deductive conclusions. Thinking deductively involves critical thinking and careful attention to detail, not guessing or making things up. That's why being deductive is one of the best ways to crack a case. WORD FAMILYdeductive: deductively+/deduce: deduced, deduces, deducible, deducing, deductive USAGE EXAMPLESThe deductive logic brought to bear by the various essayists would certainly earn the admiration of Holmes himself. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) Not surprisingly, there are often tensions with policymakers who tend to be deductive, trying to apply their vision to specific situations. Washington Post(Nov 14, 2016) Our most sophisticated machines tend to be strong at pattern recognition but relatively weak at logic and deductive reasoning. Washington Post(Nov 05, 2016) 1adj relating to logical deduction deductive reasoning 2adj involving inferences from general principles Syn|Ant analytic, analytical of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience a prioriinvolving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact deduciblecapable of being deduced illativeexpressing or preceding an inference illative, inferentialresembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference inferentialof reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion inductive of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion synthetic, syntheticalof a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts a posterioriinvolving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes |
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