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 | ||