enthymeme noun. ['ɛnƟɪmi:m] Also enthymem, & in Latin form enthymema [ɛnƟɪ'mi:mǝ], pl. -mas, -mata [-mǝtǝ]. M16.
[Latin enthymema from Greek enthumēma, from enthumeisthai consider, infer, formed as EN-² + thumos mind.]
1. Logic. A syllogism in which one premiss is not explicitly stated. M16.
2. Rhetoric. An argument based on merely probable grounds. E17-M19.

■ enthymematic [-mɪ'mat-] adjective of, pertaining to, or containing an enthymeme E19.

■ enthymematical adjective = enthymematic L16-L17.

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