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Definition of Major term
1. Noun. The term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Major Term
Literary usage of Major term
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton (1860)
"Nor, on the other hand, as is thought by some, is that unconditionally to be
called the major term which stands predicate in the conclusion. ..."
2. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"... that the major term A is predicable of the middle term B. Thus, let A (the
major term) mean the class-term, long-lived ; let В (the middle term) mean ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Reid, D.D., Now Fully Collected, with Selections from by Thomas Reid, William Hamilton, Dugald Stewart (1863)
"The conclusion having two terms, a subject and a predicate, its predicate is
called the major term, and its subject the minor term. ..."
4. The Science of Logic: Or, an Analysis of the Laws of Thought by Asa Mahan (1857)
"The term, therefore, which thus includes both the others is properly called the
major term; and that which is determined first by the middle term, ..."
5. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1873)
"In fact, the part the Absolute could fulfil in a syllogism would be either the
part of minor or the part of major term, or that of middle term, ..."
6. Logic, Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read (1898)
"For the other Terms, the Subject of the Conclusion is called the Minor Term; the
Predicate of the Conclusion, the major term. The Premise in which the minor ..."
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