subordination
English
Etymology
From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /səˌbɔɹɾn̩ˈeɪʃn̩/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: sub‧or‧di‧na‧tion
Noun
subordination (countable and uncountable, plural subordinations)
- The process of making something subordinate.
- The process of subordinating.
- 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria, New York: Leavitt, Lord & Co., published 1834:
- Sound logic, as the habitual subordination of the individual to the species, and of the species to the genus […]
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- The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
- The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer).
Related terms
- ordain
- order
- ordinal
- ordinance, ordnance
- ordinary
- ordinate
- ordination
- ordo
With prefixes
- coordinate, coordination
- foreordination
- insubordination
- postordination
- preordination
- reordination
- subordinate, subordination
- subordination
- superordination
Translations
process of making subordinate
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process of subordinating
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property of being subordinate
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quality of being properly obedient to a superior
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See also
- hierarchy
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin subordinātiō. See also subordonner and -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: subordinations
Noun
subordination f (plural subordinations)
- subordination
- (grammar) use of subclauses
- Antonym: parataxe
Derived terms
- conjonction de subordination
- insubordination
Further reading
- “subordination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.