major premise
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“The major premise of this argument is fundamentally flawed,” the judge wrote, saying the constitution does not specify “restored to all civil rights.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023
Another major premise of Lucy is that if we were able to use more than 10 percent of the brain, we could unlock “secrets of the universe.”
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2014
A major premise of the book is that religion can’t really be replaced with nothing.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2014
When it's all over, the critical reader may feel as trapped as the villain by the plot's hard-to-believe major premise.
From Time Magazine Archive
The premise which contains the middle term and the major term is called the major premise; that which contains the middle term and the minor term is called the minor premise.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart
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