MINOR PREMISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minor premise mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINOR PREMISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

minor premise; minor premiss; subsumption

Hypernyms ("minor 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 "minor premise"):

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 premise" is a part of...):

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