[hy.po.thet.i.co-de.duc.tive] adj (1912): relating to, being, or making use of the method of proposing hypotheses and testing their acceptability or falsity by determining whether their logical consequences are consistent with observed data
HYPOTHETICO-DEDUCTIVE
Meaning of HYPOTHETICO-DEDUCTIVE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012