superaltern
[ soo-per-awl-tern ]
nounLogic.
a universal proposition that is the basis for the immediate inference of a corresponding particular proposition.
Origin of superaltern
1First recorded in 1920–25; super- + (sub)altern
Words Nearby superaltern
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