A syllogism (Ancient Greek: συλλογισμός, syllogismos, 'conclusion, inference') is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two propositions that …

: a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") : a subtle, …

Syllogistic, in logic, the formal analysis of logical terms and operators and the structures that make valid inferences possible.

All these are the syllogistic arts, whose operation and aim, once perfected, consists of applying syllogisms.

Syllogistic definition: of or relating to a syllogism.. See examples of SYLLOGISTIC used in a sentence.

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