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How do you use Subaltern in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like inferior or lowly, plus the exact meaning.

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Subaltern in a sentence

Subaltern meaning

  1. Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
  2. Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.

Synonyms of Subaltern

junior-grade inferior lower-ranking lowly petty secondary subordinate junior commissioned military officer

Related words

Other words often associated with Subaltern or its synonyms:

low small base modest humble outclassed piddling supplementary assistant subject lilliputian auxiliary

Using Subaltern

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain. | Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
  • Useful related words include: junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly.
  • In the example corpus, subaltern often appears in combinations such as: the subaltern, subaltern speak.

Context around Subaltern

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

feminism 1×

Often after:

speak 2× classes 1× force 1× studies 1× class 1×

Sentence patterns with Subaltern

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as the subaltern force resisting 1× can the subaltern speak 1× can the subaltern speak in 1× marxism feminism subaltern studies and 1× marxist and subaltern 1× of the subaltern from discourse 1× people the subaltern classes particularly 1× proletariat a subaltern class and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

gayatri chakravorty spivak 1× his intellect was 1× in a critique 1× in recent decades 1× in the course 1× marxism was a 1×

Common sentence endings:

and common sense 1× force resisting it 1× fully human subject 1× him beyond indology 1× macmillan education basingstoke 1× marxist and subaltern 1×

Words around Subaltern

Just before it in the word index:

subalpine 16 subalgebras 8 subalgebra 16 subair 2 subaerial 3 subadults 3

Just after it in the word index:

subang 6 subangdaku 2 subansiri 4 subantarctic 10 subapical 2 subaquatic 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Subaltern

  • In this selection, "subaltern" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, feminism, speak, classes and force stand out and add context to how "subaltern" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as the subaltern force resisting and can the subaltern speak. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "subaltern" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with subaltern

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 's Can the Subaltern Speak? (8 words)

In recent decades there have been four main schools of historiography regarding India: Cambridge, Nationalist, Marxist, and subaltern. (18 words)

In the course of the century following the Industrial Revolution, labor socialism emerged as the subaltern force resisting it. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

In A critique of Postcolonial Reason, Spivak argues that Western philosophy has a history of not only exclusion of the subaltern from discourse, but also does not allow them to occupy the space of a fully human subject. (38 words)

Marxism was a philosophy for the proletariat, a subaltern class, and thus could often only be expressed in the form of popular superstition and common sense. (26 words)

Spivak, Chakravorty Gayatri; 1988; Can The Subaltern Speak?; in Nelson, Cary and Grossberg, Lawrence (eds); 1988; Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture; Macmillan Education, Basingstoke. (25 words)

Question examples

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 's Can the Subaltern Speak? (8 words)

Example sentences (8)

His intellect was refreshingly situated within an inherent bias towards the common people, the ‘subaltern’ classes, particularly the working class.

In the course of the century following the Industrial Revolution, labor socialism emerged as the subaltern force resisting it.

These essays read Ambedkar’s writings and propositions through the lens of Marxism, feminism, subaltern studies, and even take him beyond Indology.

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 's Can the Subaltern Speak?

In A critique of Postcolonial Reason, Spivak argues that Western philosophy has a history of not only exclusion of the subaltern from discourse, but also does not allow them to occupy the space of a fully human subject.

In recent decades there have been four main schools of historiography regarding India: Cambridge, Nationalist, Marxist, and subaltern.

Marxism was a philosophy for the proletariat, a subaltern class, and thus could often only be expressed in the form of popular superstition and common sense.

Spivak, Chakravorty Gayatri; 1988; Can The Subaltern Speak?; in Nelson, Cary and Grossberg, Lawrence (eds); 1988; Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture; Macmillan Education, Basingstoke.

Common combinations with subaltern

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "subaltern" in a sentence?
An example: "His intellect was refreshingly situated within an inherent bias towards the common people, the ‘subaltern’ classes, particularly the working class." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "subaltern" from authentic English texts.
What does "subaltern" mean?
Subaltern means: Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
What are synonyms of "subaltern"?
Common synonyms of "subaltern" include: junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subordinate, junior. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "subaltern" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "subaltern", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.