illation
noun
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- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
Types & categories
- reasoning hypernym
- analogy hyponym
- corollary hyponym
- derivation hyponym
- entailment hyponym
- extrapolation hyponym
- presumption hyponym
Related & opposite
- derive derivation
- deduce derivation
- generalize derivation
- inferential derivation
- illative derivation
- inferential derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | derive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deduce |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inferential |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | illative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inferential |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reasoning |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | analogy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | corollary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | derivation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | entailment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extrapolation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | presumption |