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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Example Sentences

Show that AAI is the only mood in the fourth figure in which it is possible for the major term to be distributed in the premiss and undistributed in the conclusion.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

Therefore in drawing any conclusion we violate Rule 4 by an illicit process of the major term.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

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 Gardiner, J. H.

The premiss in which the major term is compared with the middle is called the Major Premiss.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

A.O.O., undistributed Middle; O.A.O. involves illicit process of the major term; and A.E.O. is subaltern.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth