Syllogism

What do we mean by syllogism?

A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; for example, All humans are mortal, the major premise, I am a human, the minor premise, therefore, I am mortal, the conclusion. noun

Reasoning from the general to the specific; deduction. noun

A subtle or specious piece of reasoning. noun

A logical formula consisting of two premises and a conclusion alleged to follow from them, in which a term contained in both premises disappears: but the truth of neither the premises nor the conclusion is necessarily asserted. noun

Deductive or explicatory reasoning as opposed to induction and hypothesis: a use of the term which has been common since Aristotle. noun

See the adjectives. noun

The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration. noun

An inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises. noun

Deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises noun

An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion.

A trick, artifice; an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; a sophism.

An argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises. Urban Dictionary

Sperm that flies all over the place when you ejaculate. Urban Dictionary

Logic. A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; for example, All humans are mortal, the major premise, I am a human, the minor premise, therefore, I am mortal, the conclusion. Reasoning from the general to the specific; deduction. A subtle or specious piece of reasoning. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to syllogism:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word syllogism:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe syllogism:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective syllogism:
validity.

Words that sound like syllogism:
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