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conclusory

UK/kənˈkluːzəɹi/US/kənˈkluzɔɹi/

conclusory adjective: offering a conclusion with seriously deficient support in fact or logic; begging the question.

Adjective

conclusory (comparative more conclusory, superlative most conclusory)

  1. Offering a conclusion with seriously deficient support in fact or logic; begging the question.
    • These claims are conclusory and unsupported by any specific allegations, let alone evidence.
  2. (uncommon) Serving as or relating to a conclusion; concluding, postfatory.
    • […] to this purpoſe they cited the examples of Jacob and Eſau, and the ſimilitude of the potter Rom. 9, and the concluſory words of the Apoſtle there, and 1. Cor. 3:5, & 4, 7, & 2. Tim.2: 19, &c.1662, Alexander Petrie, “The Fifth Age of the Church […] ”, in A Compendious Hiſtory of the Catholick Church From the Year 600 Untill the Year 1600, Hague: Adrian Vlack, page 253
    • Finally, the conclusory section contains useful comments about the exploited learning tools and their results, whilst promising points are posed.2018 July 9, Stamatis Karlos, Aikaterini Karanikola, Vangjel Kazllarof, Sotiris Kotsiantis, “Local weighted Averaged 2-Dependence Estimator”, in Proceedings of the 10th Hellenic Conference on...
  3. (rare) Conclusive; causing a definitive conclusion.

Forms of conclusory

comparativemore conclusory
superlativemost conclusory

Origin of conclusory

From the stem of conclusive + -ory; first attested in 1662.

Words formed from conclusory

Questions about conclusory

What does conclusory mean?
Conclusory means offering a conclusion with seriously deficient support in fact or logic; begging the question.
What part of speech is conclusory?
Conclusory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce conclusory?
Conclusory is pronounced /kənˈkluːzəɹi/ (UK).

Words near conclusory in the dictionary

  1. conclusive presumptions
  2. conclusively
  3. conclusively presumed
  4. conclusiveness
  5. conclusorily
  6. conclusory
  7. concn.
  8. concns.
  9. concocal
  10. concoct
  11. concocted

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