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major premise

 

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Noun major premise has 1 sense
  1. major premise, major premiss - the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
    --1 is a kind of premise, premiss, assumption
    --1 is a part of syllogism
    --1 has parts: major term; middle term

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Major Premise

Noun

The major premise refers to the first proposition in a syllogism, which forms the basis for deductive reasoning.

Example sentence: In the syllogism "All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal," the major premise is "All men are mortal."

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