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MIDDLE TERM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("middle term" is a kind of...):
term (one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition)
Holonyms ("middle term" is a part of...):
major premise; major premiss (the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion))
minor premise; minor premiss; subsumption (the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion))
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