syllogistic

[ sil-uh-jis-tik ]
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adjectiveAlso syl·lo·gis·ti·cal.
  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.

Origin of syllogistic

1
1660–70; <Latin syllogisticus<Greek syllogistikós, equivalent to syllogist(ós), verbid of syllogízesthai (see syllogize) + -ikos-ic

Other words from syllogistic

  • 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

Words Nearby syllogistic

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How to use syllogistic in a sentence

  • But it requires no logic, no syllogistic proof, to know that they are telling the truth in this respect.

  • The argument of the earlier Commissioners' Report runs on lines which it would be easy to put in a priori syllogistic form.

    Human Nature In Politics | Graham Wallas
  • Prynne then proceeds in the book proper to give fifteen arguments against health-drinking, drawn out in syllogistic form.

  • It was when observation of Nature and its laws became a paramount pursuit that the defects of syllogistic Logic began to be felt.

  • The mere syllogistic, the bare forms of equivalent or consistent expression, have a very limited utility, as we shall see.

British Dictionary definitions for syllogistic

syllogistic

/ (ˌsɪləˈdʒɪstɪk) /


adjectiveAlso: syllogistical
  1. of, relating to or consisting of syllogisms

noun(often plural)
  1. the branch of logic concerned with syllogisms

  2. reasoning by means of syllogisms

Derived forms of syllogistic

  • syllogistically, adverb

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