MAJOR PREMISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does major premise mean? 

• MAJOR PREMISE (noun)
  The noun MAJOR PREMISE has 1 sense:

1. the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)

  Familiarity information: MAJOR PREMISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAJOR PREMISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

major premise; major premiss

Hypernyms ("major premise" 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 "major premise"):

major term (the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion)

middle term (the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion)

Holonyms ("major premise" is a part of...):

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