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subsumption

[ suhb-suhmp-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act of subsuming.
  2. the state of being subsumed.
  3. something that is subsumed.
  4. a proposition subsumed under another.


subsumption

/ səbˈsʌmpʃən /

noun

  1. the act of subsuming or the state of being subsumed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • subˈsumptive, adjective
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Other Words From

  • sub·sumptive adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of subsumption1

1630–40; < Medieval Latin subsūmptiōn- (stem of subsūmptiō ) a subjoining, equivalent to subsūmpt ( us ) (past participle of subsūmere to subsume + Latin -iōn- -ion
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Example Sentences

Thinking is subsumption—just placing a particular proposition under its universal.

The act of recognition is a subsumption of the object under a class by use of the second figure of the syllogism.

The subsumption of the condition of another possible judgement under the condition of the rule is the minor.

It leads Kant to describe schematism as a process of subsumption, and to speak of the transcendental schema as a third thing.

There would be no difficulty with this subsumption if the objects and the conceptions of the understanding were the same in kind.

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