noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A syllogism that is preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism.
2. 2
   The conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.

Synonyms

All synonyms

dilemmafiguremodemoodparalogismrule

Etymology

From pro- + syllogism.