deductive
adjective formal uk/dɪˈdʌk.tɪv/ us/dɪˈdʌk.t̬ɪv/
推理的，演绎的
reaching an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known facts
a deductive argument 演绎论证
deductive logic/reasoning 演绎逻辑/推理
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- The education system that most of us have grown up with teaches logical, deductive thinking.
- Smith's scientific method is considered by some to have been purely deductive.
- Earlier, we saw that children have more difficulty with deductive explanations than with empirical explanations.