ENTHYMEME


Meaning of ENTHYMEME in English

— enthymematic /en'theuh mee mat"ik/ , adj.

/en"theuh meem'/ , n. Logic.

a syllogism or other argument in which a premise or the conclusion is unexpressed.

[ 1580-90; enthymema enthýmema thought, argument, equiv. to enthyme-, var. s. of enthymeîsthai to ponder ( en- EN- 2 + -thymeîsthai v. deriv. of thymós spirit, thought) + -ma n. suffix of result ]

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