subsumption
noun/səbˈsʌmpʃən/
Etymology From sub- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from past participle of sūmō (“to take”).
1
The act of subsuming.
- 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.2023, Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors, Solaris (2024), page 330:
2
Something subsumed.
3
Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term.
- Derived terms
- obliterative subsumption