major term

British  

noun

1. logic the predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism, also occurring as the subject or predicate in the major premise

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major term

Of the other terms, mortal, which is the more inclusive, is known as the major term, and Socrates, the less inclusive, as the minor term.

From The Making of Arguments by J. H. Gardiner

In other words, if both the major term and the minor term lie outside the middle term, the syllogism gives us no means of knowing what their relation is to each other.

From The Making of Arguments by J. H. Gardiner

The conclusion being negative, the major term will there be distributed.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

Let A be the major term; B the middle.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

I., namely, that the conclusion will be negative, and that therefore only a negative major premise can prevent illicit process of the major term.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read

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