English Dictionary

syllogism

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɪlədʒɪz(ə)m/

名詞

廃用

(logic) An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion.

日本語の意味

三段論法：前提となる二つの命題から必然的に結論を導く論理的推論の形式（論証の一形態）

The professor demonstrated a classic syllogism to show how the conclusion follows inevitably from two premises, one containing the predicate and the other the subject.

教授は、結論が二つの前提によって支持され、そのうち一方が結論の述語を、もう一方が結論の主語を含むという古典的な三段論法を示して、結論がどのように必然的に導かれるかを説明した。

意味（1）

(logic) An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion.

Meronyms: major premise, minor premise

意味（2）

(obsolete) A trick, artifice; an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; a sophism.

syllogisms （ plural ）