different between plebien vs subaltern

English

Etymology

From Middle French subalterne, from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus, from alter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?b?lt?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s?b??lt?rn/, IPA^(key): /?s?b?lt?n/

Adjective

subaltern (comparative more subaltern, superlative most subaltern)

1. Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.

2. (logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.

Translations

Noun

subaltern (plural subalterns)

1. A subordinate.
2. (Britain) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
3. (logic) 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. (social sciences, 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.
   • 2012, Aparajita De, Amrita Ghosh, Ujjwal Jana, Subaltern Vision: A Study in Postcolonial Indian English Text (page 109)

     In Ghosh's novel, a canonical western scientist is pitted against a counterscientific group of native folk-medicine practitioners led by Mangala, a subaltern in every conceivable meaning of the term.

Translations

Derived terms

• subalternism

Coordinate terms

• lieutenant

Further reading

• subaltern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• subrental, unstabler

Romanian

Etymology

From French subalterne

Noun

subaltern m (plural subalterni)

1. underling, subordinate

Declension