Oppressed vs Subaltern - What's the difference?
oppressed | subaltern |
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.
A subordinate.
(British) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
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(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 .
As adjectives the difference between oppressed and subaltern
is that oppressed is subject to oppression while subaltern is of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.As a verb oppressed
is (oppress).As a noun subaltern is
a subordinate.subaltern
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Adjective
(en adjective)- a subaltern officer