English noun: minor premiss | |||
| 1. | minor premiss (communication) the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) | ||
| Synonyms | minor premise, subsumption | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assumption, premise, premiss | ||
| Part holonym | middle term, minor term | ||
| Part meronym | syllogism | ||