Enthymeme

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Logic A syllogism in which one of the premises or the conclusion is not stated explicitly.
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  • n. A by and large statement, a maxim, a less-than-100% argument.
  • n. A syllogism with a required but unstated assumption.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Aristotle's logic, an inference from likelihoods and signs, which with Aristotle is the same as a rhetorical syllogism.
  • n. A syllogism one of the premises of which is unexpressed.
    • Word Usage
    "I call the enthymeme a rhetorical syllogism, and the example a rhetorical induction."
    Cross Reference
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    Form
    enthymemical    enthymemic   
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