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enthymeme的意思

enthymeme

英 ['enθɪmiːm] 美 ['ɛnθə,mim]
  • n. 省略推理法;盖然性辩论

enthymeme

英文词源


enthymeme (n.)
"a syllogism in which one premise is omitted," in Aristotle, "an inference from likelihoods and signs," 1580s, from Latin enthymema, from Greek enthymema "thought, argument, piece of reasoning," from enthymesthai "to think, consider," literally "to keep in mind, take to heart," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + thymos "mind" (see fume (n.)). Related: Enthymematic.