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noun
A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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History
Borrowed from Latin, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιχείρημα (epikheírēma).
