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episyllogism

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ep⋅i⋅syl⋅lo⋅gism

  [ep-uh-sil-uh-jiz-uhm]
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–noun Logic.
a syllogism one of the premises of which is the conclusion of a preceding syllogism; any of the syllogisms included in a polysyllogism except the first one.
Compare polysyllogism.

Origin:
1855–60; < NL episyllogismus. See epi-, syllogism
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