Usually means: Logical reasoning from two premises.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. syllogism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. syllogism: Merriam-Webster
  3. syllogism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. syllogism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. syllogism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. syllogism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Syllogism, syllogism: Wordnik
  8. syllogism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. syllogism: Wiktionary
  10. syllogism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. syllogism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. syllogism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. syllogism: Dictionary.com
  14. syllogism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Syllogism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Syllogism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. syllogism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. syllogism: Rhymezone
  19. Syllogism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. syllogism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. syllogism: FreeDictionary.org
  22. syllogism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. syllogism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. syllogism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Syllogism: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. syllogism: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. syllogism: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  3. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. syllogism: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. syllogism: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. syllogism: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  2. syllogism: Glosario de términos filosóficos (en inglés)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Syllogism: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (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.
noun:  (obsolete) A trick, artifice; an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; a sophism.

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