English noun: subsumption | |||
1. | subsumption (communication) the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) | ||
Synonyms | minor premise, minor premiss | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assumption, premise, premiss | ||
Part holonym | middle term, minor term | ||
Part meronym | syllogism | ||
2. | subsumption (cognition) incorporating something under a more general category | ||
Broader (hypernym) | categorisation, categorization, classification, sorting | ||