Word Meanings - SUBALTERNANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately.

Related words: (words related to SUBALTERNANT)

• UNIVERSALIST
  One who believes in Universalism; one of a denomination of Christians holding this faith. 2. One who affects to understand all the particulars in statements or propositions. Bentley.
• SUBALTERNANT
  A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately.
• UNIVERSALNESS
  The quality or state of being universal; universality.
• SUBALTERNATE
  1. Succeeding by turns; successive. 2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior. All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn.
• UNIVERSALIZE
  To make universal; to generalize. Coleridge.
• UNIVERSALLY
  In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures.
• SUBALTERNATION
  The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.
• UNIVERSAL
  Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general;
• UNIVERSALISTIC
  Of or pertaining to the whole; universal.
• UNIVERSALISM
  The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state.
• PROPOSITION
  A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white. (more
• UNIVERSALIAN
  Of or pertaining to Universalism; Universalist.
• UNIVERSALITY
  The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge.
• PROPOSITIONAL
  Pertaining to, or in the nature of, a proposition; considered as a proposition; as, a propositional sense. I. Watts.
• SUBALTERN
  Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition. Subaltern genus. See under Genus. (more info) 1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically , ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as,
• SUBALTERNATING
  Subalternate; successive.