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Associations to the word «Illation»

Wiktionary

ILLATION, noun. The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.

Dictionary definition

ILLATION, 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats