subsumation

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US/ˌsʌb.suːˈmeɪ.ʃən/

noun

the act of subsuming

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounsubsumation (countable and uncountable, plural subsumations)

plural subsumations

  1. countableuncountablethe act of subsuming

    The subsumation of individuality to the goal is probably the only specifically military component that carries over from previous experiences of war.

    1997, Mihai Nadin, The Civilization of Illiteracy, Dresden University Press, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023, page 683
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    If we limit the subject to one kind of association, for instance, what the logicians call 'subsumation' (that is, for example, if the word is 'horse,' the associated word must include horse as 'quadruped,' 'animal'), the time is longer by about a tenth of a second than unrestricted association time.

    1886 January 29, “Popular Psychology”, in Science Supplement, volume VII, number 186, page 108

    The Leader cult was indispensable to the [Nazi] party. And the subsummation ^([sic]) of the 'idea' in Hitler's own person was necessary, if party energy was not to be dissipated in harmful factional divides.

    2008, Ian Kershaw, Hitler: a biography, W. W. Norton & Company, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023, page 186

    Drawing on the last perspective, I would also challenge Goldin's subsumation of the aesthetic. As Dewey would argue, the problem-solver becomes alert to aesthetic responses through affective states.

    2011, Nathalie Sinclair, “Aesthetics as a Liberating Force in Mathematics Education?”, in Mircea Pitici, editor, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010, Princeton University Press, page 224

    iii. The subsumation should result in free flow of tax credit in intra and inter-State levels. The taxes, levies and fees that are not specifically related to supply of goods & services should not be subsumed under G[oods and] S[ervices] T[ax].

    2018, Farooq Haque, Guide to the "Goods and Services Tax", Notion Press, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023, chapter 1

    Synonyms: subsumption

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of subsuming

Origin

From subsume + -ation. Unlike its synonym subsumption, not derived without suffixation from a Latin equivalent.

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