Antonyms of adj deductive

1 of 2 senses of deductive

Sense 2
deductive (vs. inductive) -- (involving inferences from general principles)

inductive (vs. deductive) -- (of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion; "inductive reasoning")

Similarity of adj deductive

2 senses of deductive

Sense 1
deductive -- (relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning")

Sense 2
deductive (vs. inductive) -- (involving inferences from general principles)
       => deducible -- (capable of being deduced)
       => illative -- (expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word")
       => illative, inferential -- (resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning")
       => inferential -- (of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion)
          Also See-> a priori#1; analytic#4, analytical#2

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