subordination
noun /səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn/
/səˌbɔːrdɪˈneɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)- subordination (of somebody/something) (to somebody/something) the act of treating somebody/something as less important than somebody/something else
- the subordination of women
- They challenge the subordination of social needs to the profits of big business.