Enthymeme meaning

ĕn'thə-mēm'
A syllogism in which one of the premises or the conclusion is not stated explicitly.
noun
0
0
A syllogism in which one of the premises or the conclusion is not expressed but implied.
noun
0
0
A by and large statement, a maxim, a less-than-100% argument.
noun
0
0
(logic) A syllogism with a required but unstated assumption.
noun
0
0
Advertisement

Origin of enthymeme

  • Latin enthȳmēma from Greek enthūmēma a rhetorical argument from enthūmeisthai to consider en- in en–2 thūmos mind
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Ancient Greek ἐνθύμημα (enthýmēma, “thought, consideration”), from ἐν (en, “within, with”) + θυμός (thymos, “soul, life”).
    From Wiktionary

Enthymeme Sentence Examples

  • Rhetoric is a faculty on any subject of investigating what may be persuasive (acOavov), which is the work of no other art; its means are artificial and inartificial evidences (7riorecs), and, among artificial evidences, especially the logical arguments of example and enthymeme.

  • probability and sign, example and enthymeme.

  • enthymeme contraction.

  • 2 Where one premise of a prosyllogism is omitted (see Enthymeme), this argument is sometimes called an " epicheirema."

More sentences →

Related articles

Words near enthymeme in the Dictionary