nondeductive

Definition of nondeductivenext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nondeductive
Adjective
  • The official investigators of the deaths during the infamous riot were under intense and explicit pressure to conform their testimony to an official, state-exonerating narrative.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The betrayal was exacerbated by back-and-forth arguing online and the posting of explicit material, only worsened when the two groups met up in Oakland the night of the shooting.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Braka has a definite over the top, theatrical quality to him, something Giamatti was all too happy to play.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Playing at home and with their tails up, there’s a definite sense of name-on-cup.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Complicating matters, Fox was keeping him under contract through 2024, with the express intent of preventing him from hosting a show on another network.
    Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Helen gets defensive when those around her express concern about her behavior and her unkempt conditions.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • With no cup football or match load to hide behind, this was a firm, categorical choice by Farke to make Darlow his first choice and Perri his back-up.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Psychological distress rarely maps cleanly onto categorical diagnoses.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Tempering the not-so-irrational fears out there about AI replacing human workers, Jensen offered a more optimistic view.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
  • In that space, intuition, which was once dismissed as irrational or unreliable, has started to re-enter the conversation.
    William Jones January 21, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • However, the market is made up of both sensible and irrational participants, and all of that action, both the logical and illogical, is going to be reflected in the stock chart.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Yet the Administration not only acts as if residency is a magic condition but offers a completely illogical and contradictory definition of what residency is.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Nondeductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondeductive. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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