Literary notes about Subsidiary (AI summary)
The term "subsidiary" is commonly used in literature to denote that which is secondary or supportive to a primary element. It appears across varied genres to indicate a subordinate role, whether referring to additional narrative threads, as in the development of minor plots or themes that complement a central storyline [1][2], or to lesser charges and auxiliary aspects within technical or analytical discussions [3][4]. In contexts ranging from organizational structure to economic arrangements, the word underscores a dependency or diminished status relative to a dominant component [5][6]. Additionally, in philosophical and critical writings it helps to distinguish between what is essential and what is of lesser relevance, thereby enriching discussions about the hierarchy of ideas and actions [7][8].
- In this canvas is worked out a very delicate central intrigue, as in 'Dr. Pascal,' and around this are many little stories or subsidiary plots.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 1 by Émile Zola - This is elaborately and brilliantly developed until, in measure 79 (counting from the Allegro), we reach a transitional, subsidiary theme in B minor.
— from Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding - Occasionally it will be found couped, but it is then, as a rule, only occupying the position of a subsidiary charge.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - In none of these cases is it necessary to specify the position of the subsidiary charges.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - The British service Telecom-Gold is a subsidiary of Dialcom UK.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - A fifth subsidiary opened in Canada in June 2002, and a sixth subsidiary, named Joyo, opened in China in September 2004.
— from The eBook is 40 (1971-2011) by Marie Lebert - But is there not a second and subsidiary idea underlying the Apocalyptic rebuke?
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon by J. B. Lightfoot - They all agree essentially about the universe, in deeming that what happens there is subsidiary to what we think or feel about it.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James