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sorites

[saw-rahy-teez, soh-]

noun Logic.

a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.

Origin:
1545–55; < Latin sōrītēs < Greek sōreítēs literally, heaped, piled up, derivative of sōrós a heap

Related forms

so·rit·i·cal

[saw-rit-i-kuhl, soh-] , so·rit·ic, adjective

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sorites (sɒˈraɪtiːz)

—n
	logic
	a. a polysyllogism in which the premises are arranged so that intermediate conclusions are omitted, being understood, and only the final conclusion is stated
	b. a paradox of the form: these few grains of sand do not constitute a heap, and the addition of a single grain never makes what is not yet a heap into a heap: so no matter how many single grains one adds it never becomes a heap

[C16: via Latin from Greek sōreitēs, literally: heaped, from sōros a heap]

soritical

—*adj*

so'ritic

—*adj*

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