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insubordination|ɪnsəbɔːdɪˈneɪʃən|
[in-3; perh. after F. insubordination (1788 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The fact or condition of being insubordinate; absence of subordination or submission; resistance to or defiance of authority; refusal to obey orders; refractoriness, disobedience.
1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 381 All the disorders arising from idleness, luxury, dissipation, and insubordination. 1797Collingwood in Alison Europe xxii. (1854) IV. 22 If you attempt to excite insubordination in my ship, I will..throw you into the sea. 1840Thirlwall Greece VII. lvii. 228 Antigonus complained of Cassander's insubordination. 1894H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Rom. 19 He was punished for insubordination, until at last in desperation he made his escape to the bush. |