SUBSUMPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subsumption mean? 

• SUBSUMPTION (noun)
  The noun SUBSUMPTION has 2 senses:

1. the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)

2. incorporating something under a more general category

  Familiarity information: SUBSUMPTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSUMPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

minor premise; minor premiss; subsumption

Hypernyms ("subsumption" is a kind of...):

assumption; premise; premiss (a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn)

Meronyms (parts of "subsumption"):

minor term (the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion)

middle term (the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion)

Holonyms ("subsumption" is a part of...):

syllogism (deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Incorporating something under a more general category

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("subsumption" is a kind of...):

categorisation; categorization; classification; sorting (the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories)

Derivation:

subsume (consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle)

subsume (contain or include)

 Context examples 

The vertical relationships consist of "isa" statements that form a logical hierarchy (taxonomy or subsumption graph).

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