minor premise

Noun
  1. The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) (synset 106767126)
    is a type of: assumption, premise, premiss - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
    has:
    • minor term - the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion
    • middle term - the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion
    is a part of: syllogism - deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
    same as: minor premiss, subsumption

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