zhōng

technical
noun

Meaning of 中词

中词 means the middle term in a syllogism; the common term appearing in both the major and minor premises but not in the conclusion. Pronounced zhōng cí.

  • the middle term in a syllogism; the common term appearing in both the major and minor premises but not in the conclusion

Definitions & Examples

zhōng
zài
qián
xiǎo
qián
zhōng
chū
xiàn
 
dàn
chū
xiàn
zài
jié
lùn
zhōng
 

The middle term appears once in the major premise and once in the minor premise, but does not appear in the conclusion.

wéi
fǎn
zhōng
zhōu
yán
de
guī
huì
dǎo
zhì
luó
cuò
 

Violating the rule that the middle term must be distributed leads to logical errors.

zài
zhè
sān
duàn
lùn
zhōng
 
 "
rén
 "
shì
zhōng
 

In this syllogism, "human" is the middle term.

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