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Baroko

Baroko proper noun: a form or mode of syllogism in which the first proposition is a universal affirmative and the other two are particular negative.

Proper noun

Baroko

  1. (obsolete) A form or mode of syllogism in which the first proposition is a universal affirmative and the other two are particular negative.
    • The moods Baroko and Bokardo do not admit of reduction to the first figure, by any fair use of the phrase[…]1847, Augustus De Morgan, Formal logic: or, The Calculus of inference, necessary and probable, page 132
    • But this Conclusion is false, consequently the Minor Premise of the first Syllogism, Baroko, its contradictory, is true.1870, William Dexter Wilson, An elementary treatise on logic, page 129

Forms of Baroko

alternative formBaroco

Origin of Baroko

From a mediaeval mnemonic chant.

Questions about Baroko

What does Baroko mean?
Baroko means a form or mode of syllogism in which the first proposition is a universal affirmative and the other two are particular negative.
What part of speech is Baroko?
Baroko is a proper noun.

Words near Baroko in the dictionary

  1. baroinhibited
  2. baroinhibiting
  3. baroinhibition
  4. baroinhibits
  5. Barojian
  6. Baroko
  7. Barolo
  8. barologist
  9. barologists
  10. barology
  11. Barolong

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