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Subsumption

//səbˈsʌmpʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of subsuming. countable, uncountable

    "Phone calls that are instantly obeyed, ringing sounds followed by apparently involuntary movements of the limbs, the subsumption of the hearer’s will in the caller’s design."

  2. 2
    incorporating something under a more general category wordnet
  3. 3
    Something subsumed. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) wordnet
  5. 5
    The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term. countable, uncountable

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