retroductive
/ˌrɛtrəˈdʌktɪv/adjective
Originally: characterized by working backwards from effect to cause. Later: (Philosophy ) characterized by or relating to retroduction. Also as adverb: = retroductively.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Bentley's Miscellany. From classical Latin retrōduct-, past participial stem of retrōdūcere retroduce + -ive, after retroduction.
- palaeobotany
- palaeoceanographer
- palaeoceanographic
- palaeoceanographical
- palaeoceanography
- Palaeocene
- palaeocerebellar
- palaeocerebellum
- palaeochemical
- palaeochemistry
- palaeo-Christian
- palaeoclimate
- palaeoclimatic
- palaeoclimatologic
- palaeoclimatological
- palaeoclimatologically
- palaeoclimatologist
- palaeoclimatology
- palaeocommunity
- palaeocon
- palaeo-conservative
- palaeocortex
- palaeocortical
- palaeocrystic
- palaeocurrent