natural deduction
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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What seemed like a natural deduction in the West -- behaving like a group must mean a suppression of the self -- was a leap in logic in Japan.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2011
A natural deduction from this was that one person or few persons must own many times 40 shares to bring the average up.
From Time Magazine Archive
And this brings us to another very natural deduction.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
The natural deduction for conventional people like Hilda and Edith was that—now, don't be annoyed at what I'm going to say, but I always speak out—I'm famous for my frankness.
From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton
If somebody says: "A rickety cradle may mean a rickety baby," the natural deduction, one would think, would be to give the people a good cradle, or give them money enough to buy one.
From Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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