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Minor premise   /mˈaɪnər prˈɛmɪs/   Listen
Minor premise

noun
1.
The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion).  Synonyms: minor premiss, subsumption.





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"Minor premise" Quotes from Famous Books



... after their fashion, have followed the Elsinore up out of their own latitudes. This means that there are only so many of them and that their numbers are not recruited. Syllogism: major premise, a definite and limited amount of bird-meat; minor premise, the only food the mutineers now have is bird-meat; conclusion, destroy the available food and the mutineers will be compelled to come back ...
— The Mutiny of the Elsinore • Jack London


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