noun

• An argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated.

  ‘Further, Aristotle distinguishes between enthymemes taken from probable premises and enthymemes taken from signs (sêmeia).’

  More example sentences

  • ‘In this enthymeme, the major premise of the complete syllogism is missing.’
  • ‘He used enthymemes because they are an especially effective form of argument.’
  • ‘It relies heavily on enthymemes, which Aristotle regards as most suitable to forensic speech.’
  • ‘The enthymeme, far from being a means of audience participation as some critics have suggested, is a mechanism for the interpellation of the audience into a kind of scripted rationality.’