zhǔ

technical
noun

Meaning of 主词

主词 means subject term (in formal logic); the part of a categorical proposition that denotes the object of thought or the entity being described. Pronounced zhǔ cí.

  • subject term (in formal logic); the part of a categorical proposition that denotes the object of thought or the entity being described

Definitions & Examples

Zài
mìng
 
táng
shì
tián
de
 
zhōng
 
 
táng
 
shì
zhǔ
 

In the proposition 'Sugar is sweet,' 'sugar' is the subject term.

Chuán
tǒng
luó
ji
mìng
fēn
wéi
zhǔ
 
bīn
sān
fèn
 

Traditional logic divides a proposition into three parts: the subject term, the copula, and the predicate term.

Zhè
sān
duàn
lùn
de
xiàng
zài
zhōu
yán
shí
chōng
dāng
zhǔ
 

In this syllogism, the major term must serve as the subject term when it is distributed.

shì
duō
luó
ji
zhōng
de
zhǔ
wèi
guān
xi
shì
yǎn
tuī
de
chǔ
 

The relationship between subject and predicate in Aristotelian logic is the foundation of deductive reasoning.