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Inferential

adjective

Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference. Synonym: illative.

Of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion.

Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference. Synonym: illative. "Inferential reasoning"

Derived or capable of being derived by inference.

Based on interpretation; not directly expressed.

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"Inferential" Quotes from Famous Books

... be understood that the knowledge of primitive man, as we are about to outline it, is inferential. We cannot trace the development of these principles, much less can we say who discovered them. Some of them, as already suggested, are man's heritage from non-human ancestors. Others can only have been grasped by him after he had reached a relatively ...

— A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams

... grew red from the tips of their ears, and as far as any one could see under their wilting collars. Abner felt the lump of gum come loose and slip down a cold spine. Had their intentions but been known, this inferential invitation would have been most welcome. It was but to rise up and thunder out, "We came to ...

— The Best American Humorous Short Stories • Various

Words linked to "Inferential" : constructive, connotative, logic, inference, deductive, illative