MAJOR TERM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does major term mean? 

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

1. the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAJOR TERM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("major term" is a kind of...):

term (one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition)

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

conclusion; ratiocination (the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism))

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