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equivocation collapse: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; intentionally vague or ambiguous

inductive collapse: inducing or influencing; leading on; "inductive to the sin of Eve"- John Milton; of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion; "inductive reasoning"; arising from inductance; "inductive reactance"

inferential collapse: based on interpretation; not directly expressed; derived or capable of being derived by inference; of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion; relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind"

a priori collapse: involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment"; based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment; derived by logic, without observed facts

deductive collapse: involving inferences from general principles; relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning"

ratio collapse: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

proof collapse: a trial photographic print from a negative; any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it"; (printing) an impression made to check for errors; a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it; a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume); make resistant (to harm); "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer"; activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; "proof yeast"; knead to reach proper lightness; "proof dough"; make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset

cogency collapse: the quality of being logically valid; persuasive relevance

psyche collapse: (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul

hypothetical collapse: a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; "consider the following, just as a hypothetical"

reason collapse: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"; a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"; an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"; a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"; think logically; "The children must learn to reason"; decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

perversion collapse: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"; an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse; a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"

logical collapse: capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind"

psychological collapse: mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature; "give psychological support"; "psychological warfare"; of or relating to or determined by psychology; "psychological theories"

conception collapse: the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

reductive collapse: characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciabory" - R.H.Rovere

distortion collapse: the mistake of misrepresenting the facts; the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean; a change for the worse; a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal); "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion"

rationale collapse: (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"

subjective collapse: taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; "a subjective judgment"

apprehension collapse: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"; painful expectation; fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

understanding collapse: the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"; characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend"

subtlety collapse: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew"

conditional collapse: imposing or depending on or containing a condition; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid"; qualified by reservations

wit collapse: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

calibrate collapse: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"; measure the caliber of; "calibrate a gun"; mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units; "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale"

conceptual collapse: being or characterized by concepts or their formation; "conceptual discussions"; "the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking"; "sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category"

brain collapse: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord; mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"; the brain of certain animals used as meat; kill by smashing someone's skull; hit on the head

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