Noun: minor premise
- The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
"In the syllogism 'All humans are mortal; Socrates is human; therefore, Socrates is mortal,' the minor premise is 'Socrates is human'";
- minor premiss, subsumption
Derived forms: minor premises
Type of: assumption, premise, premiss
Part of: syllogism
Encyclopedia: Minor premise