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Conclusion vs Conclusory - What's the difference?

conclusion | conclusory |

In lang=en terms the difference between conclusion and conclusory

is that conclusion is an estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position while conclusory is offering a conclusion with seriously deficient support in fact or logic; begging the question.

As a noun conclusion

is the end, finish, close or last part of something.

As an adjective conclusory is

of or pertaining to a conclusion; conclusive.

conclusion

English

(wikipedia conclusion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The end, finish, close or last part of something.
  • * Prescott
    • A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
  • The outcome or result of a process or act.
  • A decision reached after careful thought.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And the conclusion is, she shall be thine.
    The board has come to the conclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders.
  • *
    • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions' are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound ' conclusions . Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you geth
  • (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
  • * Addison
    • He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion .
  • (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.
  • (legal) The end or close of a pleading, e.g. the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
  • (legal) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
    • (Wharton)

    Related terms

    * conclude * conclusive

    Antonyms

    * (end) beginning, initiation, start

    Coordinate terms

    * (in logic) premise

    conclusory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a conclusion; conclusive.
  • (legal) Offering a conclusion with seriously deficient support in fact or logic; begging the question.
    • These claims are conclusory and unsupported by any specific allegations, let alone evidence.

    References

    * * * "While Effusive, 'Conclusory' is Still Quite Elusive: The Story of a Word, Iqbal, and a Perplexing Lexical Inquiry of Supreme Importance", Donald J. Kochan, April 3, 2013, University of Pittsburgh Law Review , Vol. 73, No. 2, 2011 [http://ssrn.com/abstract=2244579]