Dictionary Check: syllogistic

"syllogistic" is a valid word!

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Definition

adjective

of or relating to or consisting of syllogism

Example: "syllogistic reasoning"
noun

in logic, the formal analysis of logical terms and operators and the structures that make it possible to infer true conclusions from given premises.

Example: "Aristotelian syllogistic became known as ‘categorical syllogistic’ and the Peripatetic adaptation of Stoic syllogistic as ‘hypothetical syllogistic’."

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