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What does enthymeme mean?

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Noun
  1. A by and large statement, a maxim, a less-than-100% argument.
  2. (logic) A syllogism with a required but unstated assumption.
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The fallacious enthymeme pretends to include a valid deduction, while it actually rests on a fallacious inference.
There is a certain variety in the use of the word enthymeme among logicians.
In the bald, simple forms here set down, the syllogism and enthymeme are hardly suited to delivery in speeches.
In this enthymeme, the major premise of the complete syllogism is missing.
Who ever reasoned better for having been taught the difference between a syllogism and an enthymeme?
But if the evidence be deductive, it will probably consist of an enthymeme, or of several enthymemes one depending on another.

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