subalternate1
/sʌbɔːlˈtəːnɪt/ /sʌbɒlˈtəːnɪt/adjective
1Subordinate, inferior, or subservient (to); = subaltern. Now chiefly US.
- subalternate together: (of two or more things) inferior or subordinate to one another in turn..
2 Philosophy and Theology. In Aristotelian and scholastic philosophy: designating a science which is subordinate to a higher science from which axioms can be drawn.
- The concept of subalternate sciences was adopted by Thomas Aquinas to demonstrate that theology was to be classified as a science; he argued that, although theology was not based on axioms, it drew its first principles from divine revelation to which it was subalternate..
3Designating both of a pair of propositions consisting of a universal proposition and a particular proposition having the same subject and predicate and being of the same quality (i.e. affirmative or negative); designating the particular proposition of such a pair.
4A genus which is itself a species of a higher genus.
5Chiefly Botany. Alternate, but tending to become opposite; intermediate between alternate and opposite.
noun
Logic. The particular proposition in a pair of subaltern propositions.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From post-classical Latin subalternatus (in logic) subordinate, (in medical context) subordinate, use as adjective of past participle of subalternare subaltern.
subalternate2
/ˌsʌbˈɔːltəneɪt/ /ˌsʌbˈɒltəneɪt/verb
[with object] To subordinate (to), to make subaltern or subalternate; specifically (in Aristotelian and scholastic philosophy) to treat (a science) as subordinate to a higher science.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Norris (1657–1712), Church of England clergyman and philosopher. From post-classical Latin subalternat-, past participial stem of subalternare (especially in logic) to subordinate.