major premise

English Thesaurus

1. the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion) (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	assumption, premise, premiss,
definition	:	a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn (noun.communication)

part holonym	:	major term,
definition	:	the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion (noun.communication)

part holonym	:	middle term,
definition	:	the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	syllogism,
definition	:	deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises (noun.cognition)