English-Dutch translations for syllogism

• sluitrede
• syllogisme
  In dit syllogisme, dat triviaal mag lijken, ligt de hele betekenis van het gevecht dat het Parlement voert over de financiële vooruitzichten. Within this syllogism, which may seem obvious, lies the full significance of the battle that Parliament is waging on the financial perspectives.
  Dat is de bespottelijke conclusie uit het domme syllogisme in punt 4 van de ontwerpresolutie. These are the ludicrous conclusions resulting from the foolish syllogism to be found in Section 4 of the document.

Definition of syllogism

• An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion
• A trick, artifice; an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; a sophism

Related words

• prosyllogism
• polysyllogism
• monosyllogism
• disjunctive syllogism
• hypothetical syllogism