syllogistic

[ sil-uh-jis-tik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a syllogism.
2. like or consisting of syllogisms.

noun

1. the part of logic that deals with syllogisms.
2. syllogistic reasoning.

Other Words From

• syllo·gisti·cal·ly adverb
• nonsyl·lo·gistic noun adjective
• nonsyl·lo·gisti·cal adjective
• nonsyl·lo·gisti·cal·ly adverb
• unsyl·lo·gistic adjective
• unsyl·lo·gisti·cal adjective
• unsyl·lo·gisti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of syllogistic¹

1660–70; < Latin syllogisticus < Greek syllogistikós, equivalent to syllogist ( ós ), verbid of syllogízesthai ( syllogize ) + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

But it requires no logic, no syllogistic proof, to know that they are telling the truth in this respect.

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The argument of the earlier Commissioners' Report runs on lines which it would be easy to put in a priori syllogistic form.

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Prynne then proceeds in the book proper to give fifteen arguments against health-drinking, drawn out in syllogistic form.

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It was when observation of Nature and its laws became a paramount pursuit that the defects of Syllogistic Logic began to be felt.

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The mere syllogistic, the bare forms of equivalent or consistent expression, have a very limited utility, as we shall see.

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