Need another word that means the same as “deduction”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “deduction” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Deduction” are: discount, tax deduction, tax write-off, entailment, implication, subtraction, synthesis, price reduction, taking away, taking off, withdrawal, abstraction, removal, debit, docking, discounting, stoppage, conclusion, inference, supposition, hypothesis, thesis, assumption, presumption, suspicion, conviction, belief
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “deduction” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| abstraction | The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances. The abstraction of water from springs and wells. |
| assumption | A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. On the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play. |
| belief | A religious conviction. We re prepared to fight for our beliefs. |
| conclusion | A proposition that is reached from given premises. In conclusion I want to say. |
| conviction | (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed. The conviction came as no surprise. |
| debit | A payment made or owed. A further debit of 21 6s 6d had been received from the Locomotive Department. |
| discount | A refund of some fraction of the amount paid. We introduced a standard level of discount for everyone. |
| discounting | The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise. |
| docking | An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial. |
| entailment | Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied. |
| hypothesis | A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations. His steady state hypothesis of the origin of the universe. |
| implication | The action or state of being involved in something. The expectation was spread both by word and by implication. |
| inference | 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. Researchers are entrusted with drawing inferences from the data. |
| presumption | Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to. The presumption of innocence. |
| price reduction | United States operatic soprano (born 1927. |
| removal | The act of removing. His fellow employees formed guards of honour at the removal and funeral. |
| stoppage | The act of stopping something. 6 40 an hour before stoppages. |
| subtraction | The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole. He complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks. |
| supposition | The cognitive process of supposing. They were working on the supposition that his death was murder. |
| suspicion | Being of a suspicious nature. He tried to shield me from suspicion. |
| synthesis | The production of chemical compounds by reaction from simpler materials. The ideology represented a synthesis of certain ideas. |
| taking away | The act of someone who picks up or takes something. |
| taking off | The act of someone who picks up or takes something. |
| tax deduction | Charge against a citizen’s person or property or activity for the support of government. |
| tax write-off | Charge against a citizen’s person or property or activity for the support of government. |
| thesis | A treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree. His central thesis is that psychological life is not part of the material world. |
| withdrawal | A retraction of a previously held position. Italy s withdrawal from NATO. |
| accompanying | Following or accompanying as a consequence. The accompanying documentation. |
| cohere | (of an argument or theory) be logically consistent. This view does not cohere with their other beliefs. |
| decrement | The ratio of the amplitudes in successive cycles of a damped oscillation. The instruction decrements the accumulator by one. |
| deducible | Capable of being deduced. |
| deductive | Involving inferences from general principles. I used my deductive powers. |
| detective | Denoting a rank of police officer with investigative duties. Detectives are anxious to interview anyone who saw the car. |
| deterministic | An inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes. A deterministic theory. |
| discount | Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan. We introduced a standard level of discount for everyone. |
| extrapolate | Estimate or conclude (something) by extrapolating. The figures were extrapolated from past trends. |
| extrapolation | Calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values. The figure is an extrapolation from prior data. |
| guess | Guess correctly solve by guessing. I guess she is angry at me for standing her up. |
| implication | A relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement. Her victory had important political implications. |
| inductive | Arising from inductance. Inductive reactance. |
| infer | Deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements. From these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing. |
| inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. It seemed a fair inference that such books would be grouped together. |
| logic | Logical operations collectively. By the logic of war. |
| logical | Marked by an orderly logical and aesthetically consistent relation of parts. Rain was a logical expectation given the time of year. |
| next | The next person or thing. The week after next. |
| outcome | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. It is the outcome of the vote that counts. |
| ratiocinate | Form judgements by a process of logic; reason. A tendency to ratiocinate in isolation. |
| ratiocination | The proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism. |
| reasonable | Not excessive or extreme. A restaurant serving excellent food at reasonable prices. |
| reasoning | The action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way. He explained the reasoning behind his decision at a media conference. |
| result | Produce as a result or residue. Anger may result from an argument. |
| sequent | In regular succession without gaps. Some of the inferences are not sequent on the premises. |
| speculation | A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence. These are only speculations. |
| subtract | Make a subtraction. Subtract 43 from 60. |
| syllogism | An instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositions (premises); a common or middle term is present in the two premises but not in the conclusion, which may be invalid (e.g. all dogs are animals; all animals have four legs; therefore all dogs have four legs). This school of epistemology is highly advanced in syllogism and logical reasoning. |
| syllogistic | Of or relating to or consisting of syllogism. |
| theodicy | The branch of theology that defends God’s goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil. Those seeking a theodicy. |
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