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Deductive reasoning   /dɪdˈəktəv rˈizənɪŋ/   Listen
Deductive reasoning

noun
1.
Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect).  Synonyms: deduction, synthesis.






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... 177. Deductive Reasoning.—When once a general principle has been established, we may demonstrate the truth of a specific proposition by showing that the general principle applies to it. We see a gold ring and say, "This ring is valuable," because we believe the general proposition, "All articles made of gold ...
— Composition-Rhetoric • Stratton D. Brooks



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