MINOR TERM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

Holonyms ("minor 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))

minor premise; minor premiss; subsumption (the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion))

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