subaltern
English
Etymology
From Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus, from alter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʌbəltɚn/
Translations
of a lower rank of position
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Noun
subaltern (plural subalterns)
- A subordinate.
- (Britain) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:
- She was an extraordinarily beautiful girl, Margaret Devereux ; and made all the men frantic by running away with a penniless young fellow ; a mere nobody sir a subaltern in a foot regiment, or something of that kind.
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- (logic) A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows are black is a subaltern of all crows are black.
- (social sciences) A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.
- 2012, Aparajita De, Amrita Ghosh, Ujjwal Jana, Subaltern Vision: A Study in Postcolonial Indian English Text (page 109)
- In Ghosh's novel, a canonical western scientist is pitted against a counterscientific group of native folk-medicine practitioners led by Mangala, a subaltern in every conceivable meaning of the term.
- 2012, Aparajita De, Amrita Ghosh, Ujjwal Jana, Subaltern Vision: A Study in Postcolonial Indian English Text (page 109)
Translations
subordinate — see subordinate
commissioned officer
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proposition implied by a universal proposition
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member of a group outside a hegemonic power structure
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