syllogistic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a syllogism.
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like or consisting of syllogisms.
noun
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the part of logic that deals with syllogisms.
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syllogistic reasoning.
adjective
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the branch of logic concerned with syllogisms
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reasoning by means of syllogisms
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of syllogistic
1660–70; < Latin syllogisticus < Greek syllogistikós, equivalent to syllogist ( ós ), verbid of syllogízesthai ( see syllogize) + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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They also worked through problems involving syllogistic reasoning.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
On October 22, 1962, the syllogistic nature of this sentence seemed to impress me as much as the possibility it discussed.
From The New Yorker ● May 15, 2017
He once told an interviewer, with syllogistic bluntness, “If I was an artist and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2016
The mental sleight of hand in “genius steals” is the syllogistic implication that if you steal your ideas from here, there, and everywhere, you might actually be a genius, too.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2012
Aristotelian philosophers thought that all true knowledge could be expressed in syllogistic form, arguing from indisputable premises to undeniable conclusions, all based on Evidence-Perspicuity.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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