Definition for undistributed middle - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	undistributed middle (un\|dis¦trib\|uted mid¦dle) noun Logic a fallacy arising from the failure of the middle term of a syllogism to refer to all the members of a class in at least one premise.		More words in this category bind contention convert correlation deductive disjunction distributive extension formal illative infinite regress logic position ratiocinate schema sentential subject syllogize Nearby Words undismayed undisputed undissociated undissolved undistinguishable undistinguished undistorted undistracted undistributed undistributed middle undisturbed undivided undo undock undocumented undoing undomesticated undone undoubtable