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INFERENTIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Based on interpretation; not directly expressed
Classified under:
Similar:
constructive (constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Derived or capable of being derived by inference
Classified under:
Similar:
connotative (having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit)
Derivation:
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)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
Example:
inferential reasoning
Synonyms:
illative; inferential
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
deductive (involving inferences from general principles)
Derivation:
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)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
deductive (involving inferences from general principles)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
Example:
the illative faculty of the mind
Synonyms:
illative; inferential
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
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)
Derivation:
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)
