MIDDLE TERM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does middle term mean? 

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

1. the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDDLE TERM (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))