minor premise

British  

noun

1. logic the premise of a syllogism containing the subject of its conclusion

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minor premise

“And all teenage boys are human beings. That is my minor premise, controversial though it may be. And if my major and minor premises are so, sir, what is your conclusion?”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

The à posteriori, or empirical knowledge of the phenomena of the universe, in their relations to time and space, constitute the minor premise of the Theistic syllogism.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

A.” The minor premise is a statement of the grievances of the colonies.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

In extending ascertained laws to fresh cases, the minor premise may be an hypothesis, as in testing the chemical constitution of any doubtful substance, such as a piece of ore.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

The assertion in the minor premise is that the individual named Socrates possesses the former attributes; and it is concluded that he possesses also the attribute mortality.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart