subsumption noun. [sǝb'sʌm(p)ʃ(ǝ)n] M17.
[medieval Latin subsumptio(n-), from subsumpt- pa. ppl stem of subsumere: see SUBSUME, -ION.]
1. Logic. A proposition subsumed under another; a minor premiss. M17.
b. Scots Law (now Hist.). An account of an alleged crime. More fully subsumption of the libel. M17.

2. The action or an act of subsuming something; the bringing of a concept etc. under a general term or a wider concept; the instancing of a case under a rule, category, etc. M17.
Creative Camera The complete subsumption of creative photography under the rubric of pictorialism.

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