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subalternity|sʌbɒlˈtɜːnɪtɪ|
[f. subaltern + -ity. Cf. F. subalternité.]
Subordinate position.
1620T. Granger Div. Logike 178 Which respecteth not suppartitions, anatomical diuisions, or subalternities of members. 1773H. Walpole Let. to Mann 4 Nov., I am sure I have none of the symptoms but the age and the subalternity. 1831Southey in Q. Rev. XLV. 443 Christianity, they say, has raised the sex from servitude, but has condemned them to subalternity. 1850tr. Mazzini's Royalty & Republ. Pref. 8 Redeeming by brilliant personal qualities the vice of subalternity, to which his position condemned him. |