sublation
/səˈbleɪʃən/
noun
- The act of canceling or removing something, especially a legal right or contract.
- Lawyers argued over the sublation of the property lien.
- The sublation of the old agreement cleared the way for a new partnership.
- The court ordered the sublation of the debt after it was paid in full.
- In philosophy, the process of preserving and overcoming an idea or contradiction by raising it to a higher level (from Hegelian dialectic).
- In dialectics, sublation transforms opposites into a new synthesis.
- Hegel's concept of sublation involves both canceling and preserving an earlier stage.
- The sublation of the conflict led to a more unified theory.
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