subalterns

Meaning of subalterns

noun
  1. A subordinate.
  2. A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
  3. A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows are black is a subaltern of all crows are black.
  4. (literary theory) A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.

Information about subalterns

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of subalterns is: subaltern.
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Hyphenation of subalterns

sub-al-terns

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • subalterns is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Anagrams of subalterns

brutalness, substernal, turbanless

Words that rhyme with subalterns

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