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Synonyms for syllogism

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sil-uh-jiz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪl əˌdʒɪz əm

Définition of syllogism

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French silogisme "a syllogism," from Latin syllogismus, from Greek syllogismos "a syllogism," originally "inference, conclusion, computation, calculation," from syllogizesthai "bring together, premise, conclude," literally "think together," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + logizesthai "to reason, count," from logos "a reckoning, reason" (see logos).
  • noun deductive reasoning
Example sentences :
  • The first part answers to the term, the second to the proposition, the third to the syllogism.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • We also can make a syllogism, and it reads thus: The present State is tolerable.
  • Extract from : « Social Justice Without Socialism » by John Bates Clark
  • It bristles with incongruity and contradiction, yet it is as logical as a syllogism.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
  • The major premise of this syllogism is a fact of observation.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
  • State two or three of Burke's arguments in the form of a syllogism.
  • Extract from : « Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English » by Gilbert Sykes Blakely
  • “It was a syllogism,” replied the Dominie, taking the pannikin from his mouth.
  • Extract from : « Jacob Faithful » by Captain Frederick Marryat
  • In every syllogism there are three terms,—major, minor, and middle.
  • Extract from : « English: Composition and Literature » by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
  • A statement of these qualities, he says, will form the major of his syllogism.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. » by Sir Leslie Stephen
  • Put the proposed Syllogism before him, and ask him what he thinks of the Conclusion.
  • Extract from : « Symbolic Logic » by Lewis Carroll
  • Let us take the Syllogism Darapti, which is universally accepted as valid.
  • Extract from : « Symbolic Logic » by Lewis Carroll

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