deduksi

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed de- +‎ *duksi, from Dutch deductie, from Middle Dutch deductie, from Latin dēductiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈdʊksi/
• Hyphenation: dé‧duk‧si
• Rhymes: -si, -i

Noun

déduksi (plural deduksi-deduksi, first-person possessive deduksiku, second-person possessive deduksimu, third-person possessive deduksinya)

1. deduction:
   1. that which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed

      Synonym: pengurangan

   2. (logic) a process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.

      Antonym: induksi

Related terms

• deduktif

 

Descendants

• → Malay: deduksi

Further reading

• “deduksi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.