Subalternate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /səˈbɔːltə(ɹ)nət/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Subalternate is an adjective meaning Succeeding by turns; successive.
Meaning
Succeeding by turns; successive.
More Meanings
- Subaltern; inferior; subordinate.
- (logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one.
Example Sentences
[S]uch as are Sative and Hortenſial ſubalternate to the other; [...]
To which Two Species of Tyranny as subalternate things to the Genus, the other innumerable Courses they took to extirpate and make this a desolate People, may be reduced and referr'd.
Further, the same thing should not be placed in different genera. Now "substance" and "evidence" are different genera, and neither is subalternate to the other. Therefore it is unfitting to state that faith is both "substance" and "evidence."
Word Forms
- subalternates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sequential, interchangeable, successive, alternate, sequent, consequtive.
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