subalternation
noun
sub·alternation
"+
1
: the quality or state of being subalternate : succession by turns : subordination
2
: the relation of a logical subalternate to a superaltern see opposition sense 2a(2)
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin subalternation-, subalternatio, from subalternatus (past participle of subalternare to subordinate) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion