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noun

major premise n. (Logic), That premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion). Contrasted to minor premise.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... for a foreigner. It is not easy even for ourselves. We have few abstract principles, and reliable induction from our past is not easy. We are often guided by what Mr. Justice Wendell Holmes has called "the intuition more subtle than any particular major premise." Nor is help to be derived from any study of our general outlook on life, for that outlook is hard to ...

— Before the War • Viscount Richard Burton Haldane

Words linked to "Major premise" : assumption, syllogism, premiss, major premiss, major term, middle term, premise