superordinate

IPA: supɝˈɔrdʌnʌt

noun

  • That which is superordinate.
  • (linguistics) A hypernym.

verb

  • (transitive) To cause to be superordinate.

adjective

  • Greater in degree, rank or position.
  • (logic) The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance.
  • (linguistics, of a word or phrase) hypernymic
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Examples of "superordinate" in Sentences

  • It became my superordinate goal to read every word that London had written.
  • If G1 is superordinate to G2, then G1's differentiae will be a subset of G2's differentiae.
  • However, what about children abuse - preventing such abuse seems to require laws superordinate to the property laws.
  • The state structure of civil society has a particular regulative role, but not a superordinate role, among the societal spheres.
  • Contrary to this, you suggest that the relative pronoun takes the case corresponding to its syntactic role in the superordinate clause.
  • Public safety nets rely on the idea that a group or society is a superordinate entity for which individuals are morally obligated to sacrifice.
  • One thing the couples in these good marriages have in common is a vision of the marriage as a "superordinate" entity -- something that is separate from and larger than its two parts.
  • As the efficacious bearer and transmitter of the Divine Spirit of Love to mankind Jesus is "superordinate" to all men, and has in the eternal decree of God a merely ideal pre-existence.

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