syllogistic

[ sil-uh-jis-tik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a syllogism.
2. like or consisting of syllogisms.

noun

1. the part of logic that deals with syllogisms.
2. syllogistic reasoning.

Other Words From

• syllo·gisti·cal·ly adverb
• nonsyl·lo·gistic noun adjective
• nonsyl·lo·gisti·cal adjective
• nonsyl·lo·gisti·cal·ly adverb
• unsyl·lo·gistic adjective
• unsyl·lo·gisti·cal adjective
• unsyl·lo·gisti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of syllogistic¹

1660–70; < Latin syllogisticus < Greek syllogistikós, equivalent to syllogist ( ós ), verbid of syllogízesthai ( syllogize ) + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

The court simply assumes it away with the syllogistic reasoning that Alabama’s statutory law specifies that human life includes “unborn” life.

From Los Angeles Times

Aristotelian philosophers thought that all true knowledge could be expressed in syllogistic form, arguing from indisputable premises to undeniable conclusions, all based on Evidence-Perspicuity.

From Literature

Ideally, it should be possible to formulate every scientific argument in syllogistic terms, a syllogism being, for example: All men are mortal.

From Literature

It’s a syllogistic and subtly reactionary view that views Black artistry solely in terms of a narrowly prescribed binary of purity vs. dilution.

From Slate

He buttressed this syllogistic conclusion by repeating facially insane rumors about vans full of fake ballots being delivered to counting centers that were teeming with election observers and reporters and asserting that, for example, “two-thirds of the precincts in the city of Detroit” recorded more votes in 2020 than there are registered voters in those precincts.

From Slate