subordination

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate.
The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer); this quality as a systemic principle of discipline within a hierarchical organization.

/səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/ /səˌbɔɹdəˈneɪʃn̩/ En-us-subordination.oga /səˌboːdɪˈnæɪʃn̩/ /səˌboːdəˈnæɪʃn̩/

subordination subordinations

From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio.

hierarchy

antisubordination nonsubordination subordinational subordinationism subordinationist

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