Definition of Subaltern. Meaning of Subaltern. Synonyms of Subaltern

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Definition of Subaltern

Subaltern
Subaltern Sub*al"tern, a. [F. subalterne, LL. subalternus, fr. L. sub under + alter the one, the other of two. See Alter.] 1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer. 2. (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition. Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus.
Subaltern
Subaltern Sub*al"tern, n. 1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain. 2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. --Whately.

Meaning of Subaltern from wikipedia

- Look up subaltern in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Subaltern may refer to: Subaltern (military), a primarily British and Commonwealth military term...
- In postcolonial studies and in critical theory, subalterns are the colonial po****tions who are socially, politically, and geographically excluded from...
- The Subaltern Studies Group (SSG) or Subaltern Studies Collective is a group of South Asian scholars interested in postcolonial and post-imperial societies...
- A subaltern (IPA: /ˈsʌbəltərn/) is a primarily British military term for a junior officer. Literally meaning "subordinate", subaltern is used to describe...
- Subalternation is an immediate inference which is only made between A (All S are P) and I (Some S are P) categorical propositions and between E (No S are...
- Indian historian and a seminal figure among the early architects of the Subaltern Studies collective. This methodological approach within South Asian Studies...
- relations theory he is known for this theory of subaltern realism. Ayoob first proposed his theory of subaltern realism in the 1980s and further developed...
- the world. Postcolonial theory thus establishes intellectual spaces for subaltern peoples to speak for themselves, in their own voices, and thus produce...
- postcolonial intellectuals, Spivak is best known for her essay "Can the Subaltern Speak?" and her translation of and introduction to Jacques Derrida's De...
- Latin American subaltern studies was a group founded in 1992 by John Beverley and Ileana Rodríguez. Inspired by the South Asian Subaltern Studies group...