minor term

1. 1.

   the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion

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Questions about minor term

What does minor term mean?

minor term means "the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion".

Is minor term a common word?

minor term is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.