noninferential

9.9

Not based on reasoning from other beliefs

adjective
/ˌnɒnˌɪnˈfɛrənʃəl/

Specialized

: no inferencial

Her acceptance of the facts was noninferential; she took them at face value without questioning their validity.

Examples

Scott Aikin claims that Dewey relied on noninferential and nonconceptual content or givens as perceptual inputs for cognitive experience.

Academic text (2016)
Analogous to grading at the graduate level of some education courses and even more closely to movie reviews, the results are individual to the rater rather than a matter of interobserver agreement or noninferential criteria.

Academic text (2014)
The instructions provided were noninferential, allowing students to follow them without needing to make assumptions.
The teacher emphasized noninferential observations in the science lab, focusing on what could be seen and measured directly.

Synonyms

nonanalytical

vsnoninferential

Formal

8.7

Relying on feeling instead of careful logical thinking

is about not using inference or drawing conclusions rather than inability to be analyzed

nondiscursive

vsnoninferential

Literature

9.9

Made clear by feelings or senses instead of words

is presented directly without requiring reasoning and can be verbal or nonverbal

Antonyms

inferential

2 8.6

Describing conclusions reached by reasoning rather than direct proof

How Inferential

speculative

26 6.7

inferential

2 8.6

noninferential

Specialized

9.9

direct

574 1.0

Surface Forms

noninferential positive

Morphology

noninferential = inferential (transparent) = non + infer + ential

The word is formed by adding the negative prefix 'non-' to 'inferential', so the meaning is directly the negation of the base form.

Etymology

Noninferential is built from non- 'not' and infer 'to draw a conclusion from evidence'. So noninferential describes a belief or fact accepted directly, without needing other reasons or steps of thinking.