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Definition of Illation
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Abstract Thought, Logical Thinking, Reasoning
Specialized synonyms: Analogy, Corollary, Derivation, Deduction, Entailment, Implication, Extrapolation, Presumption
Derivative terms: Infer, Infer, Infer, Inferential, Inferential, Inferential
Definition of Illation
1. n. The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.
Definition of Illation
1. Noun. The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Illation
1. the act of inferring [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illation
Literary usage of Illation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Religious Faith by Henry Hughes (1896)
"The mode of inference in question is that which has been referred to as illation.
In order to the discovery of the cause of a given effect, ..."
2. The Theory of Inference by Henry Hughes (1894)
"The four kinds or ways may be named induction, deduction, illation, and delation.
The last term, it must be explained, is not known as a word expressing ..."
3. Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by Richard Cumberland (1806)
"illation, mildness, charity, benevolence—He tebi Are there not spirits continually
starting out from the mass of mankind, like red-hot flakes from the ..."
4. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"of ghosts and apparitions are mostly attributable to the illation* of the senses
and the imagination. There is, indeed, no transaction which offers stronger ..."
5. On the Province of Methods of Teaching: A Professional Study by James Harmon Hoose (1886)
"A material illation of the universal from the singular, as warranted either by
the general analogy of nature, or the special presumptions afforded by the ..."
6. Proceedings [of] the Constitutional Convention by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1904)
"illation can take place 'and a charter Issued by the AF of i,. and the local
unions now in your organization can ..."
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