Definitions

1. An enthymeme is a syllogism (a three-part deductive argument) with an unstated assumption which must be true for the premises to lead to the conclusion.
2. The enthymeme is the rhetorical syllogism, in which part of the logical sequence is left unstated. (Web site)
3. The enthymeme is a truncated syllogism, also referred to as the rhetorical syllogism, in which one or more minor premises are left unstated. (Web site)
4. An enthymeme is a syllogism (a three-part deductive argument) with part of the argument missing because it is assumed.
5. In a broader usage, the term "enthymeme" is sometimes used to describe an incomplete argument of forms other than the syllogism. (Web site)

Enthymemes

1. In an enthymeme, part of the argument is missing because it is assumed.
2. Typically fallacies of presumption (fallacies based on mistaken assumptions, such as ad hominem or two wrongs make a right) are attracted to enthymeme.
3. The orator’s demonstration is an enthymeme, and this is, in general, the most effective of the modes of persuasion.
4. Last check: 2007-10-09) Such are the forms of reasoning called epicheireme, polysyllogism and sorites, enthymeme. (Web site)

Premise

1. One way to obscure a premise is through enthymeme.
2. Enthymeme can be a humorous technique when the hidden premise is something surprising due to the context, its offensiveness or its absurdity.

Syllogism

1. I call the enthymeme a rhetorical syllogism, and the example a rhetorical induction.
2. On the issue of religion, he slips from syllogism to enthymeme, from analysis to rhetoric.
3. Aristotle hoped than mankind would embrace the logic of the syllogism and the enthymeme for making arguments. (Web site)

Assumptions

1. Typically fallacies of presumption (fallacies based on mistaken assumptions, such as ad hominem or two wrongs make a right) are attracted to enthymeme. (Web site)

Quotation

1. The following quotation is an example of an enthymeme. (Web site)

Enthymeme

1. An enthymeme is a syllogism (a three-part deductive argument) with an unstated assumption which must be true for the premises to lead to the conclusion.
2. The enthymeme is the rhetorical syllogism, in which part of the logical sequence is left unstated. (Web site)
3. On the issue of religion, he slips from syllogism to enthymeme, from analysis to rhetoric.

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1. Syllogism
2. Logical Sequence
3. Unstated
4. Quotation
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