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deductivists

deductivists is the plural of deductivist.

Meaning of deductivist

Noun

deductivist (plural deductivists)

  1. One who subscribes to the form of reasoning called deductivism.
    • Although, in mathematics, one is not supposed to settle for anything short of absolute proof, even staunch deductivists might appreciate the potential value of this way of proceeding.2008 January 31, Bart Van Kerkhove, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, “Pi on Earth, or Mathematics in the Real World”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI

Questions about deductivists

What is deductivists the plural of?
Deductivists is the plural of deductivist.

Words near deductivists in the dictionary

  1. deductiveness
  2. deductivism
  3. deductivist
  4. deductivistic
  5. deductivistically
  6. deductivists
  7. deductor
  8. deductors
  9. deductory
  10. deducts
  11. dedup

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