major term

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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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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

The upádhi or "condition" limits a too general middle term; it is defined as "that which always accompanies the major term, but does not always accompany the middle."

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya

But the major premiss being particular, the major term could not be distributed there.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock

The condition and the major term are "equipollent" in their extension.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya

We have here an illicit process of the major term.

From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock