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English noun: major premiss

1. major premiss (communication) the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)


Synonymsmajor premise


Broader (hypernym)assumption, premise, premiss


Part holonymmajor term, middle term


Part meronymsyllogism









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