subalternityn.
/sʌbɔːlˈtəːnᵻti/, /sʌbɒlˈtəːnᵻti/, U.S. /səbɔlˈtərnədi/, /səbɑlˈtərnədi/ The fact or state of being subaltern; subordinate position. Also: an instance of this.Common from the late 20th cent., esp. in critical and cultural theory (see subaltern n. 2a).
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun] > subordination
subordination1595
subordinacy1612
subalternity1620
subordinateness1634
subordinance1642
postposure1656
postponency1668
postponence1755
postponement1830
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 178 Which respecteth not suppartitions, anatomical diuisions, or subalternities of members.
1773 H. Walpole Let. 4 Nov. (1904) VIII. 354 I am sure I have none of the symptoms but the age and the subalternity.
1831 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 45 443 Christianity, they say, has raised the sex from servitude, but has condemned them to subalternity.
1850 G. Mazzini Royalty & Republicanism in Italy Pref. 8 Redeeming by brilliant personal qualities the vice of subalternity, to which his position condemned him.
1912 T. A. Janvier From South of France ii. 17 The most decisive experience always eminently has confirmed the irrefutable organic subalternity of the feminine genius.
1980 Afrika Spectrum 15 20 I do not intend to go into the discussion on the women's ‘subalternity’ which in recent years has developed among scholars and progressive political movements.
1994 World Lit. Today 68 483/2 The scholar from the ‘Third World’ is also the bearer of a certain subalternity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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