subalternant
English
Etymology
See subaltern.
Noun
subalternant (plural subalternants)
- (logic) A universal proposition.
- 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
- Of these [oppositions], the Universal is the Subalternant , and the Particular the Subalternate
- 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
References
subalternant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913