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subsumption
1. In logic, a proposition subsumed under another; a minor premiss; generally, an assumption.
2. Chiefly in logic and philosophy, the bringing of a concept, cognition, etc. under a general term or a larger or higher concept, etc.; the instancing of a case under a rule, or the like.
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