minor premise

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minor premise

noun minor premises · minor

The second premise in a categorical syllogism, whose subject is the minor term and whose predicate is the middle term. The minor premise in John Stuart Mill's famous syllogism is 'Socrates is a man'.
Similar: subsumption

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noun premise

中文	小前提 xiǎoqiántí
Français	mineure
Română	premisă minoră

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@misc{minor_premise_2026,
  title = {minor premise},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minor%20premise},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}