superordinate

comparative more superordinate · superlative most superordinate

1. Greater in degree, rank or position.
2. human sciencesThe relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance.
3. human scienceshypernymic

plural superordinates

1. That which is superordinate.
   1. human sciencesSynonym of hypernym.

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      Seventy-two subjects attempted to recall the object nouns of seven once-exposed sentences given as retrieval cues the subject noun of each sentence and four other words related to the subject noun. The related cues were a remote superordinate, a close superordinate, a remote cohyponym, and a close cohyponym of the subject noun. Four predictions about differences in effectiveness of these cues, derived from the Katz and Fodor and the Quillian theories of semantics, were confirmed. There was one case about which the theories made different predictions. Consistent with Quillian's theory, but contrary to the Katz and Fodor theory, significantly more words were recalled when the cue was a close rather than a remote superordinate.

      1972 December 1, Richard C. Anderson, “Semantic organization and retrieval of information from sentences”, in Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, volume 11, number 6, →DOI, pages 794-800

      Synonyms: hypernym

present singular third person superordinates · participle present superordinating · participle past superordinated · past superordinated

1. transitiveTo cause to be superordinate.