MINOR PREMISS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)

Synonyms:

minor premise; minor premiss; subsumption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("minor premiss" is a kind of...):

assumption; premise; premiss (a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn)

Meronyms (parts of "minor premiss"):

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)

Holonyms ("minor premiss" is a part of...):

syllogism (deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises)