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- Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
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A Deep Dive Into “subaltern”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
- (logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
- [Noun]
- A subordinate.
- (British, military) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
- (logic) A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition.
- (social sciences, literary theory) 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.
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