sorites noun. [sǝ'rʌɪti:z] M16.
[Latin from Greek sōreitēs, from sōros heap.]
1. Logic. A series of propositions in which the predicate of each is the subject of the next; an instance of this. M16.
2. transf. A series or succession of things. Now rare. M17.
3. A form of sophism leading by gradual steps from truth to absurdity and based on the absence of precise, esp. numerical, limits to terms such as 'heap'. rare. L18.

■ soritic [-'rɪtɪk] adjective M17.

■ soritical [-'rɪtɪk(ǝ)l] adjective L17.

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