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subaltern
[ suhb-awl-tern suhb-uhl-turn ]
adjective
- lower in rank; subordinate:
a subaltern employee.
- British Military. noting a commissioned officer below the rank of captain.
- Logic.
- denoting the relation of one proposition to another when the first proposition is implied by the second but the second is not implied by the first.
- (in Aristotelian logic) denoting the relation of a particular proposition to a universal proposition having the same subject, predicate, and quality.
- of or relating to a proposition having either of these relations to another.
noun
- a person who has a subordinate position.
- British Military. a commissioned officer below the rank of captain.
- Logic. a subaltern proposition.
subaltern
/ ˈʌəə /
noun
- a commissioned officer below the rank of captain in certain armies, esp the British
- a person of inferior rank or position
- logic
- the relation of one proposition to another when the first is implied by the second, esp the relation of a particular to a universal proposition
- ( as modifier )
a subaltern relation
adjective
- of inferior position or rank
Other yvlog Forms
- ܲa·ٱn·ٲ noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of subaltern1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of subaltern1
Example Sentences
It’s an island nation that was dominated for centuries by a neighboring superpower, and now serves as privileged subaltern to another one.
She had enrolled as an honorary subaltern in early 1945, when she was 18.
He has done so especially among sections of the white middle-class, who have suffered the erosion of their buying power and watched as the black community refused to return to its historical subaltern position.
She is shown as a young ATS second subaltern during the second world war in an image posted by the British Army.
His life is a series of subaltern tasks.
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