subaltern
IPA: sʌbɔɫtɝn
noun
- A subordinate.
- (Britain, military) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
- (logic) A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition.
- (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.
adjective
- Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
- (logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
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Examples of "subaltern" in Sentences
- He was a member of the subalterns.
- We need to empower the subalterns.
- The army is controlled by a subaltern.
- He did National Service as a subaltern in Malaya.
- He was a member of the Subaltern Studies collective.
- Prakash is a member of the Subaltern Studies collective.
- Does Aristotle even define the subaltern in De Interpretatione
- As a subaltern, he saw service in Minorca in 1798 and at Malta in 1800.
- He was initially commissioned as a junior subaltern in the Spanish army.
- A subaltern is a commissioned officer in the army, under the rank of captain.
- A subaltern takes temporary command of proceedings during Trooping the Colour.
- The subaltern was a lean young redhead from the north continent, his fair face spattered with gold freckles from the tropic sun.
- The term subaltern suggests an interest in social class but more generally it is also a methodological orientation that opens up the study of logics of subordination.
- When the authors of the previously mentioned books pen their own words through self-publication or through "ghetto" publishers, are they in a better position to speak a subaltern voice?
- Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in 1891, an untouchable in an India run by the British – that is to say a subaltern twice over, subjugated by an imperial government and by high-caste Indians.
- Now, there has been an enormous amount of ink spilled on the question of why the Latin American subaltern studies group split up -- no doubt more ink thank the group itself spilled while it existed.
- I am sure (if you get newspapers in Ceylon) jump into your mind the moment I mention the word subaltern, and I may as well tell you that in associating me with any one of these deeds at the present time you are entirely wrong.