What is the opposite of the “sub” prefix?
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The term subcategories refers to lower level categories.
Which term should I use to refer to higher level categories?
Does supercategories sound right?
word-choice prefixes
asked May 26 '11 at 12:25
Emanuil Rusev
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The term subcategories refers to lower level categories.
Which term should I use to refer to higher level categories?
Does supercategories sound right?
word-choice prefixes
asked May 26 '11 at 12:25
Emanuil Rusev
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I came to this post after thinking about what would the opposite of "Sub-Saharan", i.e. countries above the Sahara. Geographically, the only defined term for that region is North Africa. If talking about it relative to the Sahara, though, is there a suitable prefix? Would "Sur-" as GEdgar answered below be correct?
– dgBP
Nov 20 '18 at 7:59
Prefix "super" is common. But note that the opposite of "subtitles" is "surtitles", the translation shown above the stage during operas sung in a foreign language.
– GEdgar
21 mins ago
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The term subcategories refers to lower level categories.
Which term should I use to refer to higher level categories?
Does supercategories sound right?
word-choice prefixes
asked May 26 '11 at 12:25
Emanuil Rusev
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The term subcategories refers to lower level categories.
Which term should I use to refer to higher level categories?
Does supercategories sound right?
word-choice prefixes
word-choice prefixes
asked May 26 '11 at 12:25
Emanuil Rusev
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asked May 26 '11 at 12:25
Emanuil Rusev
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edited May 27 '11 at 9:07
asked May 26 '11 at 12:25
Emanuil Rusev
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asked May 26 '11 at 12:25
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asked May 26 '11 at 12:25
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I came to this post after thinking about what would the opposite of "Sub-Saharan", i.e. countries above the Sahara. Geographically, the only defined term for that region is North Africa. If talking about it relative to the Sahara, though, is there a suitable prefix? Would "Sur-" as GEdgar answered below be correct?
– dgBP
Nov 20 '18 at 7:59
Prefix "super" is common. But note that the opposite of "subtitles" is "surtitles", the translation shown above the stage during operas sung in a foreign language.
– GEdgar
21 mins ago
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I came to this post after thinking about what would the opposite of "Sub-Saharan", i.e. countries above the Sahara. Geographically, the only defined term for that region is North Africa. If talking about it relative to the Sahara, though, is there a suitable prefix? Would "Sur-" as GEdgar answered below be correct?
– dgBP
Nov 20 '18 at 7:59
Prefix "super" is common. But note that the opposite of "subtitles" is "surtitles", the translation shown above the stage during operas sung in a foreign language.
– GEdgar
21 mins ago
I came to this post after thinking about what would the opposite of "Sub-Saharan", i.e. countries above the Sahara. Geographically, the only defined term for that region is North Africa. If talking about it relative to the Sahara, though, is there a suitable prefix? Would "Sur-" as GEdgar answered below be correct?
– dgBP
Nov 20 '18 at 7:59
I came to this post after thinking about what would the opposite of "Sub-Saharan", i.e. countries above the Sahara. Geographically, the only defined term for that region is North Africa. If talking about it relative to the Sahara, though, is there a suitable prefix? Would "Sur-" as GEdgar answered below be correct?
– dgBP
Nov 20 '18 at 7:59
Prefix "super" is common. But note that the opposite of "subtitles" is "surtitles", the translation shown above the stage during operas sung in a foreign language.
– GEdgar
21 mins ago
Prefix "super" is common. But note that the opposite of "subtitles" is "surtitles", the translation shown above the stage during operas sung in a foreign language.
– GEdgar
21 mins ago
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Supercategories is technically correct.
There are also subscript and superscript to back this example.
answered May 26 '11 at 12:27
Thursagen
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And for those of us in Computer Science, subclasses and superclasses. journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/java/tutorial/java/javaOO/…
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 12:51
@Ben Hocking If subcategories are viewed from the point of inheritance then correct. Although it is a matter of perspective.
– Philoto
May 26 '11 at 13:06
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Supercategories may be technically correct, following the -script and -classes analogue, but parent categories sounds better to me in this case.
– Hugo
May 26 '11 at 13:24
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@Philoto, I did not mean to imply that subclasses and superclasses were subcategories and supercategories, merely that they followed the same pattern as subscript/superscript that @Third Idiot gave.
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 14:36
@Hugo following that reasoning, subcategories should be child categories?
– AttackingHobo
May 26 '11 at 18:41
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For folders the term parent folder is usually used. And since categories are quite similar to folders, you may want to use parent category for higher-level categories. Or you can use upper-level categories.
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Well, there is no defined prefix or word to be an opposite of "sub".
However, the higher level for "subcategories" is simply categories and the lower level is sub-subcategories and to go a third level down is sub-sub-subcategories and so on.
answered May 26 '11 at 21:32
Jamie
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Welcome to EL&U. You're quite right, for OP's context (categories) it's meaningless to talk about a prefix for a higher-level category than the top one. He just has to go through all lower levels and add an extra sub- to each, since the original category has turned out to be a subcategory!
– FumbleFingers
May 26 '11 at 22:54
@FumbleFingers: Thank you for taking the effort to explain my answer. I appreciate your input and I am glad to be part of this community.
– Jamie
Jun 8 '11 at 18:52
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np - I hope you'll grace our pages more in future. Don't worry too much about where the votes go (or don't, in your case here). Sometimes a more 'interesting' answer does get upvoted over a most 'accurate' one, but that's just democracy in action for you.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:37
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The prefix that springs to mind for me is meta- which I believe I picked up from reading Gödel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. He even uses it as a standalone word.
And coincidentally enough in the RELATED box for this question is the opposite question!
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answered May 27 '11 at 12:38
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Hofstadter's later Metamagical Themas (monthly column in Scientic American, subsequently published as a fascinating single-volume) is full of musings where he starts at the 'day-to-day' level, and ends up considering things from some higher 'meta-perspective'. Brilliant graphic on the inside front cover, if you ever come across a copy.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:46
@Fumble: I actually went out and bought that one after finishing GEB years ago (-:
– hippietrail
Jun 8 '11 at 23:26
I thought of meta- as well, but it's tied to something that is an abstraction and that might operate under different rules. So while snakes are a subcategory of reptiles, I wouldn't call reptiles a meta-category.
– Wayne
Jul 5 '11 at 13:39
@Wayne: I think it's just a case of sub- having various opposites depending on the sense and root it's prefixed to and all sorts of stuff.
– hippietrail
Jul 6 '11 at 9:07
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Movies often have subtitles, translated texts below the picture. When opera productions project translated texts above the stage, they are called surtitles.
answered Aug 26 '11 at 15:26
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...my opinion of the opposite of the prefix " sub-" was "over-" which convinced my mind, and was taken as right, but after research became wrong. I trying to erase the "over-" and replace it with the "super-" which is the right prefix to be...
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Supercategories is technically correct.
There are also subscript and superscript to back this example.
answered May 26 '11 at 12:27
Thursagen
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And for those of us in Computer Science, subclasses and superclasses. journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/java/tutorial/java/javaOO/…
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 12:51
@Ben Hocking If subcategories are viewed from the point of inheritance then correct. Although it is a matter of perspective.
– Philoto
May 26 '11 at 13:06
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Supercategories may be technically correct, following the -script and -classes analogue, but parent categories sounds better to me in this case.
– Hugo
May 26 '11 at 13:24
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@Philoto, I did not mean to imply that subclasses and superclasses were subcategories and supercategories, merely that they followed the same pattern as subscript/superscript that @Third Idiot gave.
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 14:36
@Hugo following that reasoning, subcategories should be child categories?
– AttackingHobo
May 26 '11 at 18:41
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Supercategories is technically correct.
There are also subscript and superscript to back this example.
answered May 26 '11 at 12:27
Thursagen
35k38144214
3
And for those of us in Computer Science, subclasses and superclasses. journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/java/tutorial/java/javaOO/…
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 12:51
@Ben Hocking If subcategories are viewed from the point of inheritance then correct. Although it is a matter of perspective.
– Philoto
May 26 '11 at 13:06
1
Supercategories may be technically correct, following the -script and -classes analogue, but parent categories sounds better to me in this case.
– Hugo
May 26 '11 at 13:24
2
@Philoto, I did not mean to imply that subclasses and superclasses were subcategories and supercategories, merely that they followed the same pattern as subscript/superscript that @Third Idiot gave.
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 14:36
@Hugo following that reasoning, subcategories should be child categories?
– AttackingHobo
May 26 '11 at 18:41
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Supercategories is technically correct.
There are also subscript and superscript to back this example.
answered May 26 '11 at 12:27
Thursagen
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Supercategories is technically correct.
There are also subscript and superscript to back this example.
answered May 26 '11 at 12:27
Thursagen
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edited Aug 8 '11 at 7:32
answered May 26 '11 at 12:27
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answered May 26 '11 at 12:27
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answered May 26 '11 at 12:27
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And for those of us in Computer Science, subclasses and superclasses. journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/java/tutorial/java/javaOO/…
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 12:51
@Ben Hocking If subcategories are viewed from the point of inheritance then correct. Although it is a matter of perspective.
– Philoto
May 26 '11 at 13:06
1
Supercategories may be technically correct, following the -script and -classes analogue, but parent categories sounds better to me in this case.
– Hugo
May 26 '11 at 13:24
2
@Philoto, I did not mean to imply that subclasses and superclasses were subcategories and supercategories, merely that they followed the same pattern as subscript/superscript that @Third Idiot gave.
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 14:36
@Hugo following that reasoning, subcategories should be child categories?
– AttackingHobo
May 26 '11 at 18:41
|
show 2 more comments
3
And for those of us in Computer Science, subclasses and superclasses. journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/java/tutorial/java/javaOO/…
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 12:51
@Ben Hocking If subcategories are viewed from the point of inheritance then correct. Although it is a matter of perspective.
– Philoto
May 26 '11 at 13:06
1
Supercategories may be technically correct, following the -script and -classes analogue, but parent categories sounds better to me in this case.
– Hugo
May 26 '11 at 13:24
2
@Philoto, I did not mean to imply that subclasses and superclasses were subcategories and supercategories, merely that they followed the same pattern as subscript/superscript that @Third Idiot gave.
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 14:36
@Hugo following that reasoning, subcategories should be child categories?
– AttackingHobo
May 26 '11 at 18:41
3
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And for those of us in Computer Science, subclasses and superclasses. journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/java/tutorial/java/javaOO/…
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 12:51
And for those of us in Computer Science, subclasses and superclasses. journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/java/tutorial/java/javaOO/…
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 12:51
@Ben Hocking If subcategories are viewed from the point of inheritance then correct. Although it is a matter of perspective.
– Philoto
May 26 '11 at 13:06
@Ben Hocking If subcategories are viewed from the point of inheritance then correct. Although it is a matter of perspective.
– Philoto
May 26 '11 at 13:06
1
1
Supercategories may be technically correct, following the -script and -classes analogue, but parent categories sounds better to me in this case.
– Hugo
May 26 '11 at 13:24
Supercategories may be technically correct, following the -script and -classes analogue, but parent categories sounds better to me in this case.
– Hugo
May 26 '11 at 13:24
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@Philoto, I did not mean to imply that subclasses and superclasses were subcategories and supercategories, merely that they followed the same pattern as subscript/superscript that @Third Idiot gave.
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 14:36
@Philoto, I did not mean to imply that subclasses and superclasses were subcategories and supercategories, merely that they followed the same pattern as subscript/superscript that @Third Idiot gave.
– Ben Hocking
May 26 '11 at 14:36
@Hugo following that reasoning, subcategories should be child categories?
– AttackingHobo
May 26 '11 at 18:41
@Hugo following that reasoning, subcategories should be child categories?
– AttackingHobo
May 26 '11 at 18:41
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For folders the term parent folder is usually used. And since categories are quite similar to folders, you may want to use parent category for higher-level categories. Or you can use upper-level categories.
edited Aug 26 '11 at 9:47
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For folders the term parent folder is usually used. And since categories are quite similar to folders, you may want to use parent category for higher-level categories. Or you can use upper-level categories.
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For folders the term parent folder is usually used. And since categories are quite similar to folders, you may want to use parent category for higher-level categories. Or you can use upper-level categories.
edited Aug 26 '11 at 9:47
Thursagen
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answered May 26 '11 at 12:47
Philoto
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For folders the term parent folder is usually used. And since categories are quite similar to folders, you may want to use parent category for higher-level categories. Or you can use upper-level categories.
edited Aug 26 '11 at 9:47
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answered May 26 '11 at 12:47
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Well, there is no defined prefix or word to be an opposite of "sub".
However, the higher level for "subcategories" is simply categories and the lower level is sub-subcategories and to go a third level down is sub-sub-subcategories and so on.
answered May 26 '11 at 21:32
Jamie
37317
Welcome to EL&U. You're quite right, for OP's context (categories) it's meaningless to talk about a prefix for a higher-level category than the top one. He just has to go through all lower levels and add an extra sub- to each, since the original category has turned out to be a subcategory!
– FumbleFingers
May 26 '11 at 22:54
@FumbleFingers: Thank you for taking the effort to explain my answer. I appreciate your input and I am glad to be part of this community.
– Jamie
Jun 8 '11 at 18:52
1
np - I hope you'll grace our pages more in future. Don't worry too much about where the votes go (or don't, in your case here). Sometimes a more 'interesting' answer does get upvoted over a most 'accurate' one, but that's just democracy in action for you.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:37
add a comment |
2
Well, there is no defined prefix or word to be an opposite of "sub".
However, the higher level for "subcategories" is simply categories and the lower level is sub-subcategories and to go a third level down is sub-sub-subcategories and so on.
answered May 26 '11 at 21:32
Jamie
37317
Welcome to EL&U. You're quite right, for OP's context (categories) it's meaningless to talk about a prefix for a higher-level category than the top one. He just has to go through all lower levels and add an extra sub- to each, since the original category has turned out to be a subcategory!
– FumbleFingers
May 26 '11 at 22:54
@FumbleFingers: Thank you for taking the effort to explain my answer. I appreciate your input and I am glad to be part of this community.
– Jamie
Jun 8 '11 at 18:52
1
np - I hope you'll grace our pages more in future. Don't worry too much about where the votes go (or don't, in your case here). Sometimes a more 'interesting' answer does get upvoted over a most 'accurate' one, but that's just democracy in action for you.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:37
add a comment |
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2
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Well, there is no defined prefix or word to be an opposite of "sub".
However, the higher level for "subcategories" is simply categories and the lower level is sub-subcategories and to go a third level down is sub-sub-subcategories and so on.
answered May 26 '11 at 21:32
Jamie
37317
Well, there is no defined prefix or word to be an opposite of "sub".
However, the higher level for "subcategories" is simply categories and the lower level is sub-subcategories and to go a third level down is sub-sub-subcategories and so on.
answered May 26 '11 at 21:32
Jamie
37317
answered May 26 '11 at 21:32
Jamie
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answered May 26 '11 at 21:32
Jamie
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answered May 26 '11 at 21:32
Jamie
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Welcome to EL&U. You're quite right, for OP's context (categories) it's meaningless to talk about a prefix for a higher-level category than the top one. He just has to go through all lower levels and add an extra sub- to each, since the original category has turned out to be a subcategory!
– FumbleFingers
May 26 '11 at 22:54
@FumbleFingers: Thank you for taking the effort to explain my answer. I appreciate your input and I am glad to be part of this community.
– Jamie
Jun 8 '11 at 18:52
1
np - I hope you'll grace our pages more in future. Don't worry too much about where the votes go (or don't, in your case here). Sometimes a more 'interesting' answer does get upvoted over a most 'accurate' one, but that's just democracy in action for you.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:37
add a comment |
Welcome to EL&U. You're quite right, for OP's context (categories) it's meaningless to talk about a prefix for a higher-level category than the top one. He just has to go through all lower levels and add an extra sub- to each, since the original category has turned out to be a subcategory!
– FumbleFingers
May 26 '11 at 22:54
@FumbleFingers: Thank you for taking the effort to explain my answer. I appreciate your input and I am glad to be part of this community.
– Jamie
Jun 8 '11 at 18:52
1
np - I hope you'll grace our pages more in future. Don't worry too much about where the votes go (or don't, in your case here). Sometimes a more 'interesting' answer does get upvoted over a most 'accurate' one, but that's just democracy in action for you.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:37
Welcome to EL&U. You're quite right, for OP's context (categories) it's meaningless to talk about a prefix for a higher-level category than the top one. He just has to go through all lower levels and add an extra sub- to each, since the original category has turned out to be a subcategory!
– FumbleFingers
May 26 '11 at 22:54
Welcome to EL&U. You're quite right, for OP's context (categories) it's meaningless to talk about a prefix for a higher-level category than the top one. He just has to go through all lower levels and add an extra sub- to each, since the original category has turned out to be a subcategory!
– FumbleFingers
May 26 '11 at 22:54
@FumbleFingers: Thank you for taking the effort to explain my answer. I appreciate your input and I am glad to be part of this community.
– Jamie
Jun 8 '11 at 18:52
@FumbleFingers: Thank you for taking the effort to explain my answer. I appreciate your input and I am glad to be part of this community.
– Jamie
Jun 8 '11 at 18:52
1
1
np - I hope you'll grace our pages more in future. Don't worry too much about where the votes go (or don't, in your case here). Sometimes a more 'interesting' answer does get upvoted over a most 'accurate' one, but that's just democracy in action for you.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:37
np - I hope you'll grace our pages more in future. Don't worry too much about where the votes go (or don't, in your case here). Sometimes a more 'interesting' answer does get upvoted over a most 'accurate' one, but that's just democracy in action for you.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:37
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The prefix that springs to mind for me is meta- which I believe I picked up from reading Gödel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. He even uses it as a standalone word.
And coincidentally enough in the RELATED box for this question is the opposite question!
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:38
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answered May 27 '11 at 12:38
hippietrail
4,819104373
Hofstadter's later Metamagical Themas (monthly column in Scientic American, subsequently published as a fascinating single-volume) is full of musings where he starts at the 'day-to-day' level, and ends up considering things from some higher 'meta-perspective'. Brilliant graphic on the inside front cover, if you ever come across a copy.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:46
@Fumble: I actually went out and bought that one after finishing GEB years ago (-:
– hippietrail
Jun 8 '11 at 23:26
I thought of meta- as well, but it's tied to something that is an abstraction and that might operate under different rules. So while snakes are a subcategory of reptiles, I wouldn't call reptiles a meta-category.
– Wayne
Jul 5 '11 at 13:39
@Wayne: I think it's just a case of sub- having various opposites depending on the sense and root it's prefixed to and all sorts of stuff.
– hippietrail
Jul 6 '11 at 9:07
add a comment |
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The prefix that springs to mind for me is meta- which I believe I picked up from reading Gödel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. He even uses it as a standalone word.
And coincidentally enough in the RELATED box for this question is the opposite question!
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:38
Community♦
1
answered May 27 '11 at 12:38
hippietrail
4,819104373
Hofstadter's later Metamagical Themas (monthly column in Scientic American, subsequently published as a fascinating single-volume) is full of musings where he starts at the 'day-to-day' level, and ends up considering things from some higher 'meta-perspective'. Brilliant graphic on the inside front cover, if you ever come across a copy.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:46
@Fumble: I actually went out and bought that one after finishing GEB years ago (-:
– hippietrail
Jun 8 '11 at 23:26
I thought of meta- as well, but it's tied to something that is an abstraction and that might operate under different rules. So while snakes are a subcategory of reptiles, I wouldn't call reptiles a meta-category.
– Wayne
Jul 5 '11 at 13:39
@Wayne: I think it's just a case of sub- having various opposites depending on the sense and root it's prefixed to and all sorts of stuff.
– hippietrail
Jul 6 '11 at 9:07
add a comment |
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The prefix that springs to mind for me is meta- which I believe I picked up from reading Gödel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. He even uses it as a standalone word.
And coincidentally enough in the RELATED box for this question is the opposite question!
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:38
Community♦
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answered May 27 '11 at 12:38
hippietrail
4,819104373
The prefix that springs to mind for me is meta- which I believe I picked up from reading Gödel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. He even uses it as a standalone word.
And coincidentally enough in the RELATED box for this question is the opposite question!
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:38
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Hofstadter's later Metamagical Themas (monthly column in Scientic American, subsequently published as a fascinating single-volume) is full of musings where he starts at the 'day-to-day' level, and ends up considering things from some higher 'meta-perspective'. Brilliant graphic on the inside front cover, if you ever come across a copy.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:46
@Fumble: I actually went out and bought that one after finishing GEB years ago (-:
– hippietrail
Jun 8 '11 at 23:26
I thought of meta- as well, but it's tied to something that is an abstraction and that might operate under different rules. So while snakes are a subcategory of reptiles, I wouldn't call reptiles a meta-category.
– Wayne
Jul 5 '11 at 13:39
@Wayne: I think it's just a case of sub- having various opposites depending on the sense and root it's prefixed to and all sorts of stuff.
– hippietrail
Jul 6 '11 at 9:07
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Hofstadter's later Metamagical Themas (monthly column in Scientic American, subsequently published as a fascinating single-volume) is full of musings where he starts at the 'day-to-day' level, and ends up considering things from some higher 'meta-perspective'. Brilliant graphic on the inside front cover, if you ever come across a copy.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:46
@Fumble: I actually went out and bought that one after finishing GEB years ago (-:
– hippietrail
Jun 8 '11 at 23:26
I thought of meta- as well, but it's tied to something that is an abstraction and that might operate under different rules. So while snakes are a subcategory of reptiles, I wouldn't call reptiles a meta-category.
– Wayne
Jul 5 '11 at 13:39
@Wayne: I think it's just a case of sub- having various opposites depending on the sense and root it's prefixed to and all sorts of stuff.
– hippietrail
Jul 6 '11 at 9:07
Hofstadter's later Metamagical Themas (monthly column in Scientic American, subsequently published as a fascinating single-volume) is full of musings where he starts at the 'day-to-day' level, and ends up considering things from some higher 'meta-perspective'. Brilliant graphic on the inside front cover, if you ever come across a copy.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:46
Hofstadter's later Metamagical Themas (monthly column in Scientic American, subsequently published as a fascinating single-volume) is full of musings where he starts at the 'day-to-day' level, and ends up considering things from some higher 'meta-perspective'. Brilliant graphic on the inside front cover, if you ever come across a copy.
– FumbleFingers
Jun 8 '11 at 21:46
@Fumble: I actually went out and bought that one after finishing GEB years ago (-:
– hippietrail
Jun 8 '11 at 23:26
@Fumble: I actually went out and bought that one after finishing GEB years ago (-:
– hippietrail
Jun 8 '11 at 23:26
I thought of meta- as well, but it's tied to something that is an abstraction and that might operate under different rules. So while snakes are a subcategory of reptiles, I wouldn't call reptiles a meta-category.
– Wayne
Jul 5 '11 at 13:39
I thought of meta- as well, but it's tied to something that is an abstraction and that might operate under different rules. So while snakes are a subcategory of reptiles, I wouldn't call reptiles a meta-category.
– Wayne
Jul 5 '11 at 13:39
@Wayne: I think it's just a case of sub- having various opposites depending on the sense and root it's prefixed to and all sorts of stuff.
– hippietrail
Jul 6 '11 at 9:07
@Wayne: I think it's just a case of sub- having various opposites depending on the sense and root it's prefixed to and all sorts of stuff.
– hippietrail
Jul 6 '11 at 9:07
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Movies often have subtitles, translated texts below the picture. When opera productions project translated texts above the stage, they are called surtitles.
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Movies often have subtitles, translated texts below the picture. When opera productions project translated texts above the stage, they are called surtitles.
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Movies often have subtitles, translated texts below the picture. When opera productions project translated texts above the stage, they are called surtitles.
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Movies often have subtitles, translated texts below the picture. When opera productions project translated texts above the stage, they are called surtitles.
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...my opinion of the opposite of the prefix " sub-" was "over-" which convinced my mind, and was taken as right, but after research became wrong. I trying to erase the "over-" and replace it with the "super-" which is the right prefix to be...
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I came to this post after thinking about what would the opposite of "Sub-Saharan", i.e. countries above the Sahara. Geographically, the only defined term for that region is North Africa. If talking about it relative to the Sahara, though, is there a suitable prefix? Would "Sur-" as GEdgar answered below be correct?
– dgBP
Nov 20 '18 at 7:59
Prefix "super" is common. But note that the opposite of "subtitles" is "surtitles", the translation shown above the stage during operas sung in a foreign language.
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