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enthymeme (iou)



enthymeme noun. . M16.
[Latin enthymema from Greek enthumema, from enthumeisthai consider, infer, formed as EN-2 + thumos mind.]
1. Logic. A syllogism in which one premiss is not explicitly stated. M16.
2. Rhetoric. An argument based on merely probable grounds. E17-M19.
enthymematic adjective of, pertaining to, or containing an enthymeme E19.
enthymematical adjective = enthymematic L16-L17.