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hypothetico deductive method

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hy⋅po⋅thet⋅i⋅co-de⋅duc⋅tive meth⋅od

[hahy-puh-thet-i-koh-di-duhk-tiv]
–noun Logic.
a method in which a hypothetical model based on observations is proposed and is then tested by the deduction of consequences from the model.

Origin:
1925–30; hypothetic(al) + -o- + deductive, prob. as trans. of It ipotetico-deduttivo
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