nondeductive

adjective

Definition of nondeductivenext
as in explicit

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  1. explicit
  2. definite
  3. express
  4. categorical
  5. irrational
  6. illogical
Adjective
  • Stevenson’s daring riffs on genre classics and surprisingly explicit imagery combine with The First Omen’s unavoidable cultural context to make this IP extension feel entirely singular.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Footage of performances by the Alvin Ailey Dance Company is projected high above the show, but the focus, mainly, is art that doesn’t bear an explicit tie to Ailey himself.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of explicit
Adjective
  • This theory makes definite predictions about the distribution of dark matter, but leaves great uncertainty in the rather messy physics whereby gas agglomerates and converts into stars.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • However, this dependency comes with definite risks.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of definite
Adjective
  • The FedEx Express segment offers express transportation, small-package ground delivery, and freight transportation services; and time-critical transportation services.
    Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • About half of those in this income bracket express concern about affording groceries, while roughly 4 in 10 are similarly worried about paying for gas, electricity, or holiday gifts.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of express
Adjective
  • The hosts also consider the surprising upsides to such categorical failures.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Trump election case is tossed after special counsel Jack Smith requests dismissal citing 'categorical' DOJ policy Could Trump be held liable for alleged pressure on then-Vice President Mike Pence to unilaterally reject the 2020 election outcome?
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of categorical
Adjective
  • The lines — in banana yellows, tangerine oranges, cranberry reds — twist and turn and suggest an irrational understanding of how the universe works.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Conversely, what then could be more wasteful, more undesirable, and more irrational than negating a large share of these conversion gains by wasting them?
    Vaclav Smil, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of irrational
Adjective
  • Curiosity In The Billable Hour World In a world where every minute counts, taking what may feel like the long way around can seem illogical.
    Hunter McMahon, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • This is a holiday movie, so Avery and Logan decide to handle this situation in the most illogical way possible.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of illogical
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Thesaurus Entries Near nondeductive

nondeceptive

nondeductive

nondeliberate

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