/ English Dictionary

SUBORDINATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of mastering or subordinating someone

Synonyms:

mastery; subordination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("subordination" is a kind of...):

domination (social control by dominating)

Derivation:

subordinate (make subordinate, dependent, or subservient)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of obedient submissiveness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("subordination" is a kind of...):

submissiveness (the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.)

Antonym:

insubordination (defiance of authority)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("subordination" is a kind of...):

grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

Synonyms:

hyponymy; subordination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("subordination" is a kind of...):

semantic relation (a relation between meanings)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The state of being subordinate to something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("subordination" is a kind of...):

dependance; dependence; dependency (the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else)

Derivation:

subordinate (rank or order as less important or consider of less value)

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