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syllogismhood

syllogismhood noun: the property of being a syllogism.

Noun

syllogismhood (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The property of being a syllogism.
    • Rather, we should assume that the Stoics had — independently of the themata — some pretechnical notion of syllogismhood, and that the indemonstrables plus themata were devised in order to 'capture' this notion; perhaps also to make it more lucid and precise.1996, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, volume XIV, page 189
    • It leaves us with the following problem: how can we find the independent Stoic criteria for syllogismhood?1999, Keimpe Algra, The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy, page 149

Origin of syllogismhood

From syllogism + -hood.

Questions about syllogismhood

What does syllogismhood mean?
Syllogismhood means the property of being a syllogism.
What part of speech is syllogismhood?
Syllogismhood is a noun.

Words near syllogismhood in the dictionary

  1. syllogiser
  2. syllogisers
  3. syllogises
  4. syllogising
  5. syllogism
  6. syllogismhood
  7. syllogismi
  8. syllogisms
  9. syllogismus
  10. syllogist
  11. syllogistic

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