It's not true that equality is a law of nature; nature makes nothing equal - her sovereign laws are subordination and dependence.
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Subordination
//səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩//
Synonyms for "subordination" (48 found)
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32 translations across 8 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- паднача́ленасць noun (property of being subordinate)
- паднача́ленне noun (process of making or classing as subordinate)
- паднача́ленне noun (property of being subordinate)
- падпара́дкаванасць noun (property of being subordinate)
Bulgarian
1 entries- подчинение noun (property of being subordinate)
Dutch
1 entries- ondergeschikt noun (property of being subordinate)
Finnish
4 entries- alaisuus noun (property of being subordinate)
- alistaminen noun (process of making or classing as subordinate)
- alisteisuus noun (property of being subordinate)
- tottelevaisuus noun (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline)
Hungarian
4 entries- alá-fölé rendeltség noun (property of being subordinate)
- alárendeltség noun (property of being subordinate)
- alárendelés noun (process of making or classing as subordinate)
- engedelmesség noun (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline)
Polish
3 entries- podporządkowanie noun (process of making or classing as subordinate)
- podporządkowywanie noun (process of making or classing as subordinate)
- subordynacja noun (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline)
Russian
4 entries- подчине́ние noun (process of making or classing as subordinate)
- подчине́ние noun (property of being subordinate)
- подчинённость noun (property of being subordinate)
- субордина́ция noun (quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline)
Ukrainian
4 entries- підпорядко́ваність noun (property of being subordinate)
- підпорядко́вування noun (process of making or classing as subordinate)
- підпорядкува́ння noun (process of making or classing as subordinate)
- підпорядкува́ння noun (property of being subordinate)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
It is false that equality is a law of nature. Nature makes nothing equal, her sovereign law is subordination and dependence.
Source: tatoeba (735327)
I will not tolerate such subordination.
Source: tatoeba (5366801)
Sound logic, as the habitual subordination of the individual to the species, and of the species to the genus […]
Source: wiktionary
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