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Subsumption

The act of subsuming, or of including under another.

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Assumption 76% connected

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Classification 76% connected

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affi…

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Premise 76% connected

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

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Premiss 76% connected

Premise.

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Sorting 76% connected

of Sort

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Colligate 74% connected

To tie or bind together.

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Colligate 74% connected

To tie or bind together.

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Subsume 74% connected

To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another…

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Subsume 74% connected

To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another…

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Syllogism 70% connected

The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the concl…

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Argument noun · 86% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

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Argumentation noun · 86% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

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Cogency noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Conclusion noun · 86% connection

the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…

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Debate noun · 86% connection

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

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Deduction noun · 86% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Deductive reasoning noun · 86% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Entailment noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Grounds noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Illation noun · 86% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Implication noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Inference noun · 86% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Line noun · 86% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

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Logic noun · 86% connection

reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

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Logical adjective · 86% connection

capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind"

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Proposition noun · 86% connection

(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

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Ratiocination noun · 86% connection

the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…

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Rigor noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Actinozoan noun · 78% connection

sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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Agriculture Department noun · 78% connection

the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and effort…

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Auditory apparatus noun · 78% connection

all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears

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Benzoquinone noun · 78% connection

any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; u…

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Cash flow noun · 78% connection

the excess of cash revenues over cash outlays in a given period of time (not including non-cash expenses)

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Catecholamine noun · 78% connection

any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland

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Chaetopoda n. pl. · 78% connection

A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They ar…

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Civil right noun · 78% connection

right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed…

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Commerce Department noun · 78% connection

the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and…

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Department of Agriculture noun · 78% connection

the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and effort…

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Department of Commerce noun · 78% connection

the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and…

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Department of Education noun · 78% connection

the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educationa…

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Department of Justice noun · 78% connection

the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation…

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Disorganized schizophrenia noun · 78% connection

a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and biz…

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Disorganized type schizophrenia noun · 78% connection

a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and biz…

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