subconstituency

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noun

A constituency (electoral district or special interest group) that makes up part of a larger constituency.

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Meanings

nounsubconstituency (plural subconstituencies)

plural subconstituencies

  1. A constituency (electoral district or special interest group) that makes up part of a larger constituency.
  2. human sciencesThe property of being a subconstituent.

    The dominance relation directly characterizes the property of subconstituency: X dominates Y if Y is a subconstituent of X.

    2000, North Eastern Linguistic Society, NELS: Proceedings of the North East Linguistic Society
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    The result is the exclusion of access by a selecting head to information about either the phonological form or the syntactic subconstituency of its arguments.

    2003, Lynn Nadel, Encyclopedia of cognitive science - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 670

Origin

From sub- + constituency.

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“subconstituency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subconstituency. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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