Usually means: Specific assertion in syllogistic reasoning.
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  1. minor premise: Merriam-Webster
  2. minor premise: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. minor premise: Collins English Dictionary
  4. minor premise: Vocabulary.com
  5. minor premise: Wiktionary
  6. minor premise: Dictionary.com
  7. Minor premise: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. minor premise: Rhymezone
  9. minor premise: FreeDictionary.org
  10. minor premise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. minor premise: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. minor premise: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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noun:  (logic) The second premise in a categorical syllogism, whose subject is the minor term and whose predicate is the middle term.

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