noun
- the acts or instances of including or placing something within a larger category or class
Usage: formal; academic
Examples
- The philosopher’s subsumptions of various ethical theories under one framework were controversial.
- Legal scholars debated the subsumptions of these cases under existing precedent.
- The taxonomy required careful subsumptions of species into their proper genera.
- Her research involved multiple subsumptions of data points into broader categories.
- The subsumptions of individual rights under collective welfare raised important questions.