syllogism

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɪlədʒɪz(ə)m/

Noun

syllogism (plural syllogisms)

1. (logic) An inference in which one proposition (the conclusion) follows necessarily from two other propositions, known as the premises.
   • "All humans are mortal. You are a human. Therefore you will die" is a syllogism.

1. (obsolete) A trick, artifice.

Quotations

• For usage examples 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) n, sluitrede (nl) f
• 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