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MAJOR TERM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does major term mean?
• MAJOR TERM (noun)
The noun MAJOR TERM has 1 sense:
1. the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
Familiarity information: MAJOR TERM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("major term" is a kind of...):
term (one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition)
Holonyms ("major term" is a part of...):
conclusion; ratiocination (the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism))
major premise; major premiss (the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion))
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