sublated
/səbˈleɪtɪd/
verb
- Past tense of sublate; in philosophy, to have canceled or negated something while also preserving and raising it to a higher level.
- The conflict between the two groups was sublated when they found common ground.
- The old laws were sublated by the new constitution, which kept some principles but changed others.
- In his essay, the writer showed how the artist sublated traditional techniques to create a modern style.
Antonyms
adjective
- In philosophy, having been canceled and preserved at a higher level (of a concept, contradiction, or process).
- The sublated elements of the old theory still influenced the new one.
- In a sublated state, the original disagreement is both resolved and remembered.
- The sublated contradictions in the argument led to a more complete understanding.