English Explanatory Dictionary

conclusory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Offering a conclusion with seriously deficient support in fact or logic; begging the question.
  2. Serving as or relating to a conclusion; concluding, postfatory.
  3. Conclusive; causing a definitive conclusion.

Pronunciation

/kənˈkluːzəɹi/ /kənˈkluzɔɹi/

Word forms

conclusory more conclusory most conclusory

Etymology

From the stem of conclusive + -ory; first attested in 1662.

Derived words

conclusorily nonconclusory
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