单词 | superordination |
释义 | superordinationn. 1. Frequently opposed to subordination n.1 a. The quality or condition of being superior in rank, position, or power; superiority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > superior or predominant surmouncya1400 overtyc1443 overlaikc1450 owerance1552 superiorities1558 hegemony1567 superordination1619 regnancy1650 uppermost1718 autocracy1774 dominance1823 dominancy1841 1619 D. Calderwood Perth Assembly 17 They may not, nor should not iudge upon the nullity of the Assemblies. It is trew by way of iurisdiction or superordination (as they call it) no private man should presume so to doe. 1827 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1998) IV. 501 In the Birds Sensitivity energetic but subordinate to the mammalia varying from co- to super-ordination [of the nervous system]. 1830 J. Bentham Constit. Code I. viii. 184 By the Spanish denomination Gefe Politico (Political Chief), employed in some cases, superordination only is presented to view: subordination, not. 1851 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Oct. 656/1 May she yet recognize..subordination to man in power, superordination in influence. 1920 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 25 544 Throughout the social constitution there may be observed superordination (superiority of rank), co-ordination (equality of rank), and subordination (inferiority). 1986 M. J. Aronoff Frailty of Authority 2 The central theme is the superordination of the collectivity over the family. 2010 F. W. Knight in J. D. Garrigus et al. Assumed Identities 5 Race, color, and ethnicity were emphasized as social signifiers, often to reinforce the superordination of a demographic minority group. b. Logic and Linguistics. The state, condition, or fact of belonging to a higher order or category within a particular system of classification. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > a division, group, or class > categories in relation to each other > position of superordination1864 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic viii. 244 The relations of inclusion and exclusion, of subordination and superordination, of Intension and Extension, existing between two Concepts and a Third. 1911 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 22 30 In conceptual associations there were roughly three kinds... For instance (co-ordination) dog—cat; (subordination) city—New York; (superordination) cat—animal. 1988 R. P. Wolff Moneybags must be so Lucky 23 The assertion of certain complex relationships of causal dependence and reciprocity requires syntactic resources of subordination and superordination in the construction of sentences. 2009 V. Peckhaus in L. Haaparanta Devel. Mod. Logic iv. 180 Graßmann introduced the signs < and > to express sub- and superordination of concepts. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > appointment of successor superordination1655 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 68 After the death of Augustine, Laurentius..succeeded him, whom Augustine in his Life-time..ordained in that Place... Such a super-Ordination in such cases was Canonicall. 1671 E. Stillingfleet Disc. Idolatry v. 395 Nothing was talked of so much as ordinations and exordinations, and superordinations. a1723 J. Bingham Schol. Hist. Lay-baptism in Wks. (1726) II. ii. ii. 625/1 Some Councils..peremptorily forbid all such Superordinations, or Superposition of one Bishop over another. 1876 J. Schulte Rom. Catholicism vii. 298 The constant ex-ordinations, re-ordinations or super-ordinations, as they were called, threw the Church into a state of great confusion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1619 |
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