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hypothetico-deductive (iou)



hypothetico-deductive adjective. E20.
[from HYPOTHETICAL + -O- + DEDUCTIVE.]
Philosophy. Making use of or consisting in the testing of the consequences of hypotheses as a means of determining whether the hypotheses themselves are false or can be accepted.
hypothetico-deductively adverb M20.
hypothetico-deductivism noun L20.