syllogism

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Etymology

From Old French silogisme (“syllogism”), from Latin syllogismus, from Ancient Greek συλλογισμός (syllogismos, “inference, conclusion”).

Noun

syllogism (plural syllogisms)

1. (logic) An inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Related terms

• syllogismus

Translations

inference from premises

Catalan: sil·logisme (ca) m. Czech: sylogismus (cs) m. Danish: syllogisme (da) c. Dutch: syllogisme (nl) m. Finnish: syllogismi French: syllogisme (fr) m. German: Syllogismus (de) m. Greek: συλλογισμός (el) (syllogismós) m. Hebrew: סילוגיזם (silogizm) m., היקש (hekésh) m. Hungarian: szillogizmus

Icelandic: rökhenda (is) f. Ido: silogismo (io) Interlingua: syllogismo Japanese: 三段論法 (さんだんろんぽう, sandanronpō) Polish: sylogizm m. Portuguese: silogismo (pt) m. Russian: силлогизм (ru) (sillogízm) m. Slovak: sylogizmus m. Spanish: silogismo (es) m. Swedish: syllogism (sv) c.

See also

• enthymeme
• major premise
• minor premise
• sorites

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Swedish

Noun

syllogism c.

1. a syllogism

Declension

Declension of syllogism

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	syllogism	syllogismen	syllogismer	syllogismerna
genitive	syllogisms	syllogismens	syllogismers	syllogismernas