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superaltern
[ soo-per-awl-tern ]
noun
, Logic.
- 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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