subsumption

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

OTHER WORDS FROM subsumption

sub·sump·tive, adjective

Words nearby subsumption

substruction, substructure, subsulfate, subsume, subsumed, subsumption, subsurface, subsystem, subtangent, subteen, subtemperate

How to use subsumption in a sentence

Thinking is subsumption—just placing a particular proposition under its universal.
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey
The act of recognition is a subsumption of the object under a class by use of the second figure of the syllogism.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887|Various
The subsumption of the condition of another possible judgement under the condition of the rule is the minor.
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant
It leads Kant to describe schematism as a process of subsumption, and to speak of the transcendental schema as a third thing.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith

There would be no difficulty with this subsumption if the objects and the conceptions of the understanding were the same in kind.
A History of Philosophy in Epitome|Albert Schwegler

British Dictionary definitions for subsumption

subsumption

/ (səbˈsʌmpʃən) /

noun

the act of subsuming or the state of being subsumed

Derived forms of subsumption

subsumptive, adjective

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