Premiss Synonyms

A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. premise
  2. assumption
Take something as preexisting and given
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. premise

Words Related to Premiss

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Premiss Sentence Examples

  • In analysing the syllogism, he first says that a premiss is an affirmative or negative sentence, and then that a term is that into which a premiss is dissolved, i.e.

  • In the syllogism " Every man is mortal and Socrates is a man," if in the minor premiss the copula " is " were not disengaged from the predicate " man," there would not be one middle term " man " in the two premisses.

  • I start from the premiss that subjectivity always precedes objectivity.

  • The crucial premiss of this argument is thus that sameness of truth-conditions entails sameness of ontological commitment.

  • In the first stanza, Gunn briefly introduces the general premiss of the poem, which is fully developed in the fourth stanza.

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