hypolemma
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin hypolēmma, from Ancient Greek ὑπόλημμᾰ (hupólēmma, “supposition”), from ὑπο- (hupo-, “lesser”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “assumption”).
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Noun[edit]
hypolemma (plural hypolemmas or hypolemmata)
- (logic, rare) A lesser proposition or subsumption within a larger syllogism.
References[edit]
- Fleming, William (1876) “hypolemma”, in Henry Calderwood, editor, The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral, and Metaphysical, New York: Sheldon & Company