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Subordination

//səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate. countable, uncountable

    "Sound logic, as the habitual subordination of the individual to the species, and of the species to the genus […]"

  2. 2
    the act of mastering or subordinating someone wordnet
  3. 3
    The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the quality of obedient submissiveness wordnet
  5. 5
    The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer); this quality as a systemic principle of discipline within a hierarchical organization. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head wordnet
  2. 7
    the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class wordnet
  3. 8
    the state of being subordinate to something wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio.

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