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subsumption en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /səbˈsʌmpʃən/

Etymology

From sub- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from past participle of sūmō (“to take”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of subsuming.
    • Phone calls that are instantly obeyed, ringing sounds followed by apparently involuntary movements of the limbs, the subsumption of the hearer’s will in the caller’s design. 2023, Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors, Solaris (2024), page 330:
  2. (countable, uncountable) Something subsumed.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term.

Forms

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subsumptions Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

obliterative subsumption

Translations (2)

fr subsomption (all senses) · pl subsumpcja (all senses)