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prosyllogism
n. 1 (context logic English) A syllogism that is preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism. 2 (context logic English) The conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.
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Epicheirema, then, is an abbreviated chain of reasoning, or Polysyllogism, comprising an Episyllogism with one or two enthymematic Prosyllogisms.