#syllogism  deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
  supertype:  deductive_reasoning__deductivereasoning__deduction__synthesis__synthesi  reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
  part:  conclusion.proposition  the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism
     part:  major_term__majorterm  the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
     part:  minor_term__minorterm  the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion
  part:  major_premise__majorpremise__major_premiss__majorpremis  the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
     part:  major_term__majorterm  the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
     part:  middle_term  the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion
  part:  minor_premise__minorpremise__minor_premiss__minorpremis  the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
     part:  minor_term__minorterm  the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion
     part:  middle_term  the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion

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