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enthymeme

[ en-thuh-meem ]

noun

Logic.
  1. a syllogism or other argument in which a premise or the conclusion is unexpressed.


enthymeme

/ ˈɛθɪˌː /

noun

  1. an incomplete syllogism, in which one or more premises are unexpressed as their truth is considered to be self-evident
  2. any argument some of whose premises are omitted as obvious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳٳ⳾ˈپ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٳ··· [en-th, uh, -mee-, mat, -ik], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of enthymeme1

1580–90; < Latin Գٳ̄ŧ < Greek Գٳ̄́ŧ thought, argument, equivalent to Գٳ̄ŧ-, variant stem of Գٳ̄îٳ󲹾 to ponder ( en- en- 2 + -ٳ̄îٳ󲹾 verbal derivative of ٳ̄ó spirit, thought) + -ma noun suffix of result
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of enthymeme1

C16: via Latin from Greek Գٳܳŧ, from enthumeisthai to infer (literally: to have in the mind), from en- ² + thumos mind
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Example Sentences

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For Aristotle, logos was the province of something he called an “enthymeme,” which was the equivalent in rhetoric to the syllogism in logic.

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The enthymeme is like that, only fuzzier.

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Fiorina responded with her own enthymeme: "I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said."

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Strictly speaking an enthymeme is a form of argument in which at least one premise remains unstated.

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What you’re saying reminds me of when I went to school, I took a class in logic, like classic Aristotelian logic, and learned about syllogisms and motus ponens and everything, but the most fascinating element to me that we learned about was the enthymeme, which is a syllogism with a missing premise.

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