subordinancen.
/səˈbɔːdᵻnəns/, /səˈbɔːdn̩əns/, U.S. /səˈbɔrdn̩əns/ The state or fact of being subordinate; subordination.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun] > subordination
subordination1595
subordinacy1612
subalternity1620
subordinateness1634
subordinance1642
postposure1656
postponency1668
postponence1755
postponement1830
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. B8v We clearly see (As well as that pendent subordinance) The nearly couching of each realtie.
1668 L. Willan Perfect States-man xxx. 94 Some have not Capacity timely to prosecute Legal Rights..; either by reason of the Immaturity of their Years,..or strict subordinance to nigh Relations.
1755 C. Perry Mech. Acct. Hysteric Passion 119 In subordinance to a thorough salivation..I then advise and recommend the following.
1775 J. C. Coin-act 13 Reason ought to be held in proper Subordinance to Faith.
1846 Catholic Instructor Oct. 452/2 The Catholic..sees the ornaments of God's holy ones in their proportionate subordinance to the whole.
1862 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 427/1 All its uses are lost with the loss of its humility and subordinance.
1949 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 31 104 There are a range of solutions corresponding to varying degrees of dominance or subordinance on the part of employer or labor groups.
1997 W. I. Miller Anat. Disgust ii. 32 What is the judgment that some persons or animals are cute but a judgment of their endearing subordinance and unthreateningness?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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