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DEDUCTIVE REASONING
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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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