syl‧lo‧gis‧m /ˈsɪlədʒɪzəm/ noun [countable] technical
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: silogisme, from Latin, from Greek syllogismos, from syllogizesthai 'to argue by syllogisms', from syn- ( ⇒ syn-) + logizesthai 'to calculate']
a statement with three parts, the first two of which prove that the third part is true, for example ‘all men will die, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates will die’
—syllogistic /ˌsɪləˈdʒɪstɪk◂/ adjective

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