| NOUN | communication | minor premise, minor premiss, subsumption | the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) |
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| Meaning | The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion). | |
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| Synonyms | minor premiss, subsumption | |
| Part of | syllogism | deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises |
| Parts | middle term | The term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion |
| minor term | The term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion | |
| Broader | premise, premiss, assumption | A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
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