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Definition of Minor term

1. Noun. The term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minor Term

Literary usage of Minor term

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"... bile-less, or the having no bile ; let С (the minor term) mean the individual animals—man, horse, mule, &c., coming under the class-term B, bile-less. ..."

2. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton, Henry Longueville Mansel, John Veitch (1860)
"Therefore, the minor term C is also contained under the Major term A. Or, to take the concrete example : — The Middle term all men is contained under the ..."

3. The Science of Logic: Or, an Analysis of the Laws of Thought by Asa Mahan (1857)
"The premise which contains the major term is called the major, and that which contains the minor term is called the minor, premise. ..."

4. 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. ..."

5. 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 ..."

6. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1839)
"The first figure is that, in which the terms are placed one after another according to their latitude of signification ; in which order the minor term is ..."

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