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superaltern

[ soo-per-awl-tern ]

noun

, Logic.
  1. a universal proposition that is the basis for the immediate inference of a corresponding particular proposition.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of superaltern1

First recorded in 1920–25; super- + (sub)altern

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