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INFERENTIAL

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Based on interpretation; not directly expressedplay

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

constructive (constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Derived or capable of being derived by inferenceplay

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

connotative (having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit)

Derivation:

inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inferenceplay

Example:

inferential reasoning

Synonyms:

illative; inferential

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

deductive (involving inferences from general principles)

Derivation:

inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusionplay

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

deductive (involving inferences from general principles)

Domain category:

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Relating to or having the nature of illation or inferenceplay

Example:

the illative faculty of the mind

Synonyms:

illative; inferential

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)

Derivation:

inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)

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