syllogistic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a syllogism.
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like or consisting of syllogisms.
noun
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the part of logic that deals with syllogisms.
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syllogistic reasoning.
adjective
noun
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the branch of logic concerned with syllogisms
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reasoning by means of syllogisms
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of syllogistic
1660–70; < Latin syllogisticus < Greek syllogistikós, equivalent to syllogist ( ós ), verbid of syllogízesthai ( see syllogize) + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Most of the modes of Immediate Inference formulated by logicians are preliminary to the Syllogistic process, and have no other practical application.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
That a Syllogistic or Logic of Consistency should emerge out of Yes-and-No Dialectic was natural.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
It was to make this consideration clear and simple that what we have called the Syllogistic Form of propositions was devised.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
But what is denied of every Not-S is not necessarily affirmed of every S. The expression of Tense or Time in the Syllogistic Forms.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
Even in the half-grammatical half-logical treatise on the Categories, the author always keeps an eye on the Syllogistic analysis.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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