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English noun: minor premise

1. minor premise (communication) the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)


Synonymsminor premiss, subsumption


Broader (hypernym)assumption, premise, premiss


Part holonymmiddle term, minor term


Part meronymsyllogism









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