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tag: FKRJAQ07GS
kind: concept
name: Subaltern
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:76765067@r1368301704
    locator: Glossary of logic, section S
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/76765067#PBH2
    sections: [Summary]
inventory: [R0JMXDQ26H]
---

## Summary

In traditional syllogistic logic, a term describing the relationship between two categorical propositions where the truth of the first (the universal) implies the truth of the second (the particular), but not vice versa.