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minor premises

minor premises is the plural of minor premise.

Meaning of minor premise

Noun

minor premise (plural minor premises)

  1. The second premise in a categorical syllogism, whose subject is the minor term and whose predicate is the middle term.
    • The minor premise in John Stuart Mill's famous syllogism is 'Socrates is a man'.
    Synonyms:
    subsumption

Questions about minor premises

What is minor premises the plural of?
Minor premises is the plural of minor premise.

Words near minor premises in the dictionary

  1. minor premier
  2. minor premiers
  3. minor premiership
  4. minor premierships
  5. minor premise
  6. minor premises
  7. minor prophet
  8. minor prophets
  9. minor scale
  10. minor scales
  11. minor second

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