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Definition of Enthymeme
1. n. An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble.
Definition of Enthymeme
1. Noun. A by and large statement, a maxim, a less-than-100% argument. ¹
2. Noun. (logic) A syllogism with a required but unstated assumption. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enthymeme
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enthymeme
Literary usage of Enthymeme
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator by Quintilian (1892)
"How the enthymeme differs from the syllogism, 24—26. We must not crowd our speech
with rhetorical forms of argument, 27—32. We must not leave our arguments ..."
2. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"By enthymeme, Aristotle meant a En rhetorical syllogism : that is, a syllogism
drawn, ... and accordingly defines an enthymeme as kia ..."
3. Elements of Logic: Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppée (1860)
"The first of the abridged arguments to be considered, because the one in most
common use, is The enthymeme.* The enthymeme is a syllogism with one premiss ..."
4. The Science of Logic: Or, an Analysis of the Laws of Thought by Asa Mahan (1857)
"THE enthymeme. The common definition of the enthymeme is this, ... Whether the
form of the syllogism here defined be properly called the enthymeme ..."
5. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"At this stage, Lysias would probably have been content with an enthymeme to the
following effect:—" Thrasybulus, the nephew of the female claimant, ..."
6. A Manual of Debate by Ralph Wilmer Thomas (1910)
"A syllogism in enthymeme is, literally, one of which some part is held in mind,
but not expressed. The ma}or premise is frequently a mere truism, ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"If we say, "wise men ire just ; for Socrates was wise and just," this is an
enthymeme from a fallible "sign," the implied syllogism ..."
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