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MAJOR PREMISE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
Synonyms:
major premise; major premiss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
