syllogistic

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adjective

syl·​lo·​gis·​tic

-tēk

: of, relating to, or consisting of a syllogism

syllogistic reasoning

syllogistic

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noun

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plural syllogistics

-ks

1

: the branch of logic dealing with the syllogism

2

: syllogistic reasoning

views on abstraction … and his syllogistics

—E. W. Beth

knowledge was to be a syllogistic, or at least rational and jointed

—H. O. Taylor

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin syllogisticus, from Greek syllogistikos, from (assumed) syllogistos (verbal of syllogizesthai) + -ikos -ic

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Rhymes for syllogistic

• agonistic
• altruistic
• animistic
• aphoristic
• atheistic
• cabalistic
• calvinistic
• chauvinistic
• dualistic
• egoistic
• egotistic
• eucharistic