Definition of Syllogistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or consisting of syllogism. "Syllogistic reasoning"

Partainyms: Syllogism
Derivative terms: Syllogism

Definition of Syllogistic

1. a. Of or pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning.

Definition of Syllogistic

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to a syllogism ¹

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Definition of Syllogistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllogistic

syllabub
syllabubs
syllabus
syllabuses
syllepses
syllepsis
sylleptic
sylloge
sylloges
syllogise
syllogiser
syllogism
syllogisms
syllogismus
syllogist
syllogistic (current term)
syllogistical
syllogistically
syllogists
syllogization
syllogize
syllogized
syllogizer
syllogizers
syllogizes
syllogizing
sylph
sylphic
sylphid
sylphide

Literary usage of Syllogistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies in Deductive Logic: A Manual for Students by William Stanley Jevons (1880)
"IN this age of mechanical progress it may be a matter of surprise that no one has produced a syllogistic machine. About two centuries ago Pascal and ..."

2. An Introductory Logic by James Edwin Creighton (1909)
"The Nature of syllogistic Reasoning. — The syllogism, as we have already seen ... The assumption of syllogistic reasoning — and, indeed, of all reasoning ..."

3. An Introductory Logic by James Edwin Creighton (1909)
"The Nature of syllogistic Reasoning. — The syllogism, as we have already seen ... The assumption of syllogistic reasoning — and, indeed, of all reasoning ..."

4. An Introductory Logic by James Edwin Creighton (1900)
"The Nature of syllogistic Reasoning. —The syllogism, as we have already seen ... The assumption of syllogistic reasoning — and, indeed, of all reasoning ..."

5. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"By clothing arguments from Induction in syllogistic form, we invest them with a character •>f ncci'snily which does not really belong to them. ..."

6. The Essentials of Logic by Roy Wood Sellars (1917)
"Not all forms of reasoning are syllogistic in type. For example, 'A=B, B=C .: A = C7.' We all recognize the cogency of this reasoning, yet we have no ..."

7. The Essentials of Logic by Roy Wood Sellars (1917)
"We all recognize the cogency of this reasoning, yet we have no tendency to reduce it to syllogistic form. Instead, it is perceived to be an instance of an ..."

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