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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.
If the former interpretation is true, then Aristotle concedes in the very definition of the enthymeme that some enthymemes are not deductive.
In the bald, simple forms here set down, the syllogism and enthymeme are hardly suited to delivery in speeches.
Who ever reasoned better for having been taught the difference between a syllogism and an enthymeme?
One form of enthymeme is so common in modern rhetoric as to deserve a distinctive name.
In this enthymeme, the major premise of the complete syllogism is missing.

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