SUPERALTERN


Meaning of SUPERALTERN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsü-pər-ˈȯl-tərn ]

noun

Etymology: super- + sub altern

Date: 1921

: a universal proposition (as “every P is Q”) that in traditional logic is held to be grounds for the immediate inference of the truth of a corresponding subaltern (as “some P is Q”)

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