Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minor premise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: mi-nor premise
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The second premise in a categorical syllogism, whose subject is the minor term and whose predicate is the middle term.

Example Sentences

"The minor premise in John Stuart Mill's famous syllogism is 'Socrates is a man'."

Inflected Forms

minor premises (plural) minor (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

major premise

Synonyms

subsumption minor premiss

Questions

What does minor premise mean?: The second premise in a categorical syllogism, whose subject is the minor term and whose predicate is the middle term.

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