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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024en•thy•meme (en′thə mēm′),USA pronunciation n. [Logic.]- Philosophya syllogism or other argument in which a premise or the conclusion is unexpressed.
- Greek enthý̄mēma thought, argument, equivalent. to enthȳmē-, variant stem of enthȳmeîsthai to ponder (en- en-2 + -thȳmeîsthai verb, verbal derivative of thȳmós spirit, thought) + -ma noun, nominal suffix of result
- Latin enthȳmēma
- 1580–90;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: enthymeme /ˈɛnθɪˌmiːm/ n - an incomplete syllogism, in which one or more premises are unexpressed as their truth is considered to be self-evident
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek enthumēma, from enthumeisthai to infer (literally: to have in the mind), from en-² + thumos mind |