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单词 subordination
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subordination

noun

sub·​or·​di·​na·​tion sə-ˌbȯr-də-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce subordination (audio)
: placement in a lower class, rank, or position : the act or process of subordinating someone or something or the state of being subordinated
As a prescriptive text, moreover, the Bible has been interpreted as justifying the subordination of women to men. Cullen Murphy
The price is individual subordination to the group and limited autonomy of the nuclear family. Corinne N. Nydegger
After 1688, as before, the message was one of subordination to divinely constituted authority, whether of kings or of one's social superiors. Richard W. Davis

Synonyms

  • compliance
  • conformity
  • obedience
  • submission
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Word History

First Known Use

1595, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

subordination

noun

sub·​or·​di·​na·​tion sə-ˌbȯrd-ᵊn-ˈā-shən How to pronounce subordination (audio)
: an act or instance of subordinating
also : the remedy of subordinating a claim see also equitable subordination

subordination

noun

as in obedience
a bending to the authority or control of another an oligarchy requires subordination by the masses to the will of a tiny elite

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • obedience
  • submission
  • compliance
  • conformity
  • submissiveness
  • surrender
  • subservience
  • acquiescence
  • subserviency
  • servility
  • deference
  • capitulation
  • slavishness
  • repression
  • suppression
  • teachableness
  • docility
  • agreeability
  • obsequiousness
  • discipline
  • obeisance
  • humility
  • amenability
  • dutifulness
  • tractability
  • yielding
  • meekness
  • inhibition
  • modesty
  • trainability
  • abidance
  • restraint
  • dutifulness
  • tractableness
  • control
  • order
  • subordinateness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • disobedience
  • insubordination
  • rebellion
  • defiance
  • noncompliance
  • rebelliousness
  • intractability
  • recalcitrance
  • unruliness
  • waywardness
  • refractoriness
  • disrespect
  • willfulness
  • noncooperation
  • contrariness
  • revolt
  • insurrection
  • rebelling
  • insolence
  • perversity
  • frowardness
  • obstreperousness
  • insurgency
  • balkiness
  • self-will
  • impudence
  • contumacy
  • recusancy
  • mutiny
  • rudeness
  • obstinacy
  • insurgence
  • outbreak
  • stubbornness
  • misbehavior
  • pigheadedness
  • dissent
  • hardheadedness
  • mulishness
  • naughtiness
  • mischievousness
  • mutinousness
  • obstinateness
  • dissidence
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