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non distributio medii

non distributio medii noun: a logical fallacy that is committed when the middle term in a categorical syllogism isn't distributed.

Noun

non distributio medii (uncountable)

  1. A logical fallacy that is committed when the middle term in a categorical syllogism isn't distributed.
    • An educated man must be in some sort instructed; but it is a mere non distributio medii to say that an instructed person must be an educated person.1932, Albert Jay Nock, The Theory of Education in the United States

Origin of non distributio medii

From Latin, literally "undistributed middle".

Questions about non distributio medii

What does non distributio medii mean?
Non distributio medii means a logical fallacy that is committed when the middle term in a categorical syllogism isn't distributed.
What part of speech is non distributio medii?
Non distributio medii is a noun.

Words near non distributio medii in the dictionary

  1. non biney
  2. non causa pro causa
  3. non compos
  4. non compos mentis
  5. non constat
  6. non distributio medii
  7. non divisi
  8. non est
  9. non est factum
  10. non est inventus
  11. non liquent

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