superordinate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance.
adj
noun
That which is superordinate.
noun
That which is superordinate.
Example Sentences
- "Seventy-two subjects attempted to recall the object nouns of seven once-exposed sentences given as retrieval cues the subject noun of each sentence and four other words related to the subject noun. The related cues were a remote superordinate, a close superordinate, a remote cohyponym, and a close cohyponym of the subject noun. Four predictions about differences in effectiveness of these cues, derived from the Katz and Fodor and the Quillian theories of semantics, were confirmed. There was one case about which the theories made different predictions. Consistent with Quillian's theory, but contrary to the Katz and Fodor theory, significantly more words were recalled when the cue was a close rather than a remote superordinate."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more superordinate (comparative)
most superordinate (superlative)
superordinates (plural)
superordinates (present, singular)
superordinating (participle, present)
superordinated (participle, past)
superordinated (past)