Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun major_premiss

1 sense of major premiss

Sense 1
major premise, major premiss -- (the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion))
       => premise, premiss, assumption -- (a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play")