REASONING BACKWARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reasoning backward mean? 

• REASONING BACKWARD (noun)
  The noun REASONING BACKWARD has 1 sense:

1. the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

  Familiarity information: REASONING BACKWARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REASONING BACKWARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

reasoning backward; regress

Hypernyms ("reasoning backward" is a kind of...):

abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)