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inductive

inductive

1 7.6
Making someone want to do something
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/
translation icon : inductivo
  • As for the content of your post, I think you're still misapplying rules of deductive reasoning to an argument that I've already explained is inductive.

Examples

  • Citing an argument from popularity (or any other attack on inductive reasoning) to defend your point is a cop-out.

    Blog text (2)
  • But having a a bit of the right kind of inductive bias is a big win if you want sample efficient learning.

  • Yeah, I I actually Love Actually adding more inductive biases.

  • Data were content analyzed using inductive coding.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Inductive approaches are more intuitive than these common methods.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Inductive reasoning is tricky because it's uncertain and tends to be closely related to statistics.

    Blog text (2)
  • Even those who advocate a broadly inclusive "inductive ecclesiology" or "ecclesiology from below" stress the centrality of the Eucharist.

    Academic text (2015)
  • But in practice, to protect and preserve the linear response of those exceedingly delicate springs, the sensors use feedback to measure the inductive current required to keep the spring motionless relative to the shaking ground.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Such an explicit requirement was not found at every good university, although in 1896 Mach was named to the newly created chair for the "Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences" at the University of Vienna, and students learning physics under Hermann von Helmholtz in Berlin received a heavy dose of philosophy as well.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The teacher used an inductive method to encourage students to discover the scientific principles themselves.

Synonyms

convincing
vsinductive
195 3.4

That makes someone believe something is true

aims to cause someone to act rather than only change belief
provoking
vsinductive
8 4.2

Causing strong feelings or ideas that make you think

focuses on urging action or influence rather than only creating feelings
impelling
vsinductive
1 7.0

Making someone feel they must act

is more general and may not always involve strong emotional pressure
inducive
vsinductive
8.5

Likely to cause or help something to happen

focuses more on influencing people to act rather than only producing outcomes
motivative
vsinductive
7.8

That makes someone want to take action

is similar but can mean broader influence not only internal motivation
instigative
vsinductive
8.4

Likely to make people protest or cause unrest

is broader and can mean general influence not only stirring rebellion
coaxing
vsinductive
4.8

Tending to persuade someone gently with friendly words or actions

can include stronger or less gentle forms of influence

Compounds

inductive reasoning
  • Specialized
1 6.2

To form a general idea from many small facts

How Persuasive

compelling
298 5.1
convincing
195 3.4
inductive
1 7.6
unconvincing
11 5.1

Surface Forms

inductive positive

Morphology

inductive = induce (transparent) = induct + ive

The adjective is a straightforward adjectival formation from 'induce' meaning 'tending to cause or bring about', so learners can derive the sense.

Etymology

Inductive comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and ducere 'to lead', the same root you see in conduct. A helpful image is 'leading someone into' a feeling or action, so inductive here means causing or encouraging something.