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Subsumption

noun
1.
The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion).  Synonyms: minor premise, minor premiss.
2.
Incorporating something under a more general category.





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"Subsumption" Quotes from Famous Books



... between the merely physical and the hyperphysical natures of man, and the subsumption of the former into the latter which ...
— On the Genesis of Species • St. George Mivart


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