epichirema

noun

epichirema

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Latin, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιχείρημα (epikheírēma).

1

Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences Rhetoric A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.

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