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Illative

adjective
1.
Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference.  Synonym: inferential.
2.
Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference.  Synonym: inferential.  "Inferential reasoning"
3.
Expressing or preceding an inference.





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"Illative" Quotes from Famous Books



... on Cardinal Newman's celebrated theory of the "Illative Sense." Surely a moment's reflection on the meaning of words, not to speak of a slight acquaintance with the book referred to, would have saved him from confounding two notions so sharply distinguished as "intuition" ...
— The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) • George Tyrrell


Words linked to "Illative" :   grammar, inference, deductive


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