Meaning of INFERENTIAL
| Pronunciation: | | `infu'renshul
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- [adj] based on interpretation; not directly expressed
- [adj] derived or capable of being derived by inference
- [adj] resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"
- [adj] (logic) of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
- [adj] relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind"
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| | Synonyms: | | connotative, constructive, deductive, illative, illative |
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| | Definition: | | \In`fer*en"tial\, a.
Deduced or deducible by inference. ``Inferential proofs.''
--J. S. Mill.
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| | Related Terms: | | a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, allusive, allusory, analytic, categorical, conditional, deductive, dialectic, discursive, enthymematic, epagogic, hypothetical, implicational, implicative, implicatory, indicative, inductive, insinuating, insinuative, insinuatory, ironic, maieutic, referential, soritical, suggestive, syllogistic, synthetic |
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