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English

Etymology

From the Latin sōrītēs, from the Ancient Greek σωρείτης (sōreítēs, fallacy of the heap), from σωρός (sōrós, heap).

Pronunciation

Noun

sorites (plural sorites)

  1. (logic, rhetoric) A series of propositions whereby each conclusion is taken as the subject of the next.
    • 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin, published 2003, page 130:
      Why?—he would ask, making use of the sorites or syllogism of Zeno and Chrysippus without knowing it belonged to them.—Why? why are we a ruined people?—Because we are corrupted.——Whence is it, dear Sir, that we are corrupted?—Because we are needy [] ——And wherefore, he would add,—are we needy?——From the neglect, he would answer

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See also

Noun

sorites

  1. plural of sorite

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σωρείτης (sōreítēs, fallacy of the heap), from σωρός (sōrós, heap).

Pronunciation

Noun

sōrītēs m (genitive sōrītae); first declension

  1. sorites; a logical sophism formed by an accumulation of arguments

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

Descendants

  • English: sorites

References

  • sorites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sorites”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sorites”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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