subordination en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /səˌboːdɪˈnæɪʃn̩/ (Australia)
- /səˌbɔɹdəˈneɪʃn̩/ (Canada, General-American)
- /səˌboːdəˈnæɪʃn̩/ (New-Zealand)
- (Midwestern-US) audio
- /səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate.
Sound logic, as the habitual subordination of the individual to the species, and of the species to the genus […]
1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria, New York: Leavitt, Lord & Co., published 1834:
- (countable, uncountable) The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| subordinations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
subordinationism · nonsubordination · antisubordination · subordinational · subordinationist
Relateds
Translations (32)
fi alaisuus (property of being subordinate) · be паднача́ленне (process of making or classing as subordinate) · ru подчине́ние (process of making or classing as subordinate) · hu függőség (property of being subordinate) · hu alá-fölé rendeltség (property of being subordinate) · pl subordynacja (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline) · be падпара́дкаванне (property of being subordinate) · uk підпорядкува́ння (property of being subordinate) · uk підпорядко́вування (process of making or classing as subordinate) · be паднача́ленне (property of being subordinate) · hu alárendeltség (property of being subordinate) · hu fegyelem (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline) · ru подчинённость (property of being subordinate) · hu engedelmesség (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline) · uk субордина́ція (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline) · be падпара́дкаванасць (property of being subordinate) · bg подчинение (property of being subordinate) · pl podporządkowywanie (process of making or classing as subordinate) · hu alárendelés (process of making or classing as subordinate) · nl ondergeschikt (property of being subordinate) · fi tottelevaisuus (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline) · uk підпорядкува́ння (process of making or classing as subordinate) · hu függés (property of being subordinate) · be субардына́цыя (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline) · ru подчине́ние (property of being subordinate) · be паднача́ленасць (property of being subordinate) · ru субордина́ция (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline) · fi alistaminen (process of making or classing as subordinate) · fi alisteisuus (property of being subordinate) · pl podporządkowanie (process of making or classing as subordinate) · be падпара́дкаванне (process of making or classing as subordinate) · uk підпорядко́ваність (property of being subordinate)