| NOUN | communication | subsumption, minor premise, minor premiss | the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) |
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| cognition | subsumption | incorporating something under a more general category |
| Meaning | The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion). | |
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| Synonyms | minor premise, minor premiss | |
| 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 |
| Meaning | incorporating something under a more general category. | |
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| Broader | classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting | The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories / categories |
| Spanish | subsumición | |
| Catalan | subsumpció | |
| Verbs | subsume | consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle / principle |
| subsume | contain or include | |
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