home/glossary/Minor Premise

Minor Premise

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
subsumption
plural
Minor Premises
possessive
Minor Premise's
pluralpossessive
Minor Premises'