Major premise and Premise

Major premise noun - The premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion).

Premise and major premise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Premise" instead a noun phrase "Major premise".

Premise noun - Something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning.

Major premise and premise are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Major premise" with "Premise", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: premiss, premised, premising