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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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There is a certain variety in the use of the word enthymeme among logicians.
It is a common way of hiding a weak point to cover it in the suppressed premise of an enthymeme.
Aristotle used Enthymeme in the wider sense of an elliptically expressed argument.
In this enthymeme, the major premise of the complete syllogism is missing.
In an enthymeme, great care 132 should be taken with the suppressed premise.
In the bald, simple forms here set down, the syllogism and enthymeme are hardly suited to delivery in speeches.

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