subordination (Meaning)
subordination (n)
the state of being subordinate to something
the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
the quality of obedient submissiveness
the act of mastering or subordinating someone
Synonyms & Antonyms of subordination
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- disobedience
- defiance
- revolt
- contrariness
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- defiance
- unruliness
- willfulness
- revolt
- insurrection
- noncompliance
- waywardness
- rebellion
- disobedience
- intractability
- intractability
- insurrection
- noncompliance
- noncooperation
- rebelliousness
- insubordination
- contumacy
- refractoriness
- unruliness
- insubordination
- self-will
- disrespect
- contrariness
- rebellion
- contumacy
- recalcitrance
- willfulness
- noncooperation
- refractoriness
- disrespect
- self-will
- waywardness
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- rebelling
- frowardness
- perversity
- balkiness
- insurgency
- recusancy
- impudence
- obstreperousness
- stubbornness
- obstinacy
- insolence
- outbreak
- outbreak
- mutiny
- obstreperousness
- mutiny
- rudeness
- insurgence
- balkiness
- obstinacy
- impudence
- rebelling
- dissent
- perversity
- dissent
- misbehavior
- misbehavior
- recusancy
- insolence
- insurgence
- rudeness
- frowardness
- insurgency
- stubbornness
Synonyms:
- capitulation
- abidance
- dutifulness
- slavishness
- control
- yielding
- restraint
- teachableness
- tractability
- repression
- discipline
- servility
- obeisance
- subserviency
- inhibition
- suppression
- amenability
- subservience
- humility
- deference
- order
- agreeability
- docility
- acquiescence
- tractableness
- obsequiousness
- subordinateness
- trainability
- meekness
- modesty
Antonyms:
subordination Sentence Examples
- The employee's promotion was contingent upon her subordination to the new manager.
- The smaller clan's subordination to the larger tribe ensured their survival.
- The colonized nation's subordination to the imperial power was characterized by economic exploitation and political oppression.
- A subordinate clause is a dependent clause that lacks a subject and verb of its own.
- The court ruling established the subordination of state law to federal law.
- The religious dogma demanded the subordination of earthly desires to divine principles.
- The military commander enforced strict subordination among his troops.
- The subordinates carried out their superior's orders without question.
- The rebel leader refused to accept the subordination of his movement to a foreign power.
- The government's policy of subordinating minority rights to majority rule created social divisions.
FAQs About the word subordination
the state of being subordinate to something, the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class, the grammatical relation of a mod
obedience, submission, compliance, submissiveness,conformity, surrender, capitulation, abidance, dutifulness, slavishness
disobedience, defiance, revolt, contrariness, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, defiance, unruliness, willfulness, revolt
The employee's promotion was contingent upon her subordination to the new manager.
The smaller clan's subordination to the larger tribe ensured their survival.
The colonized nation's subordination to the imperial power was characterized by economic exploitation and political oppression.
A subordinate clause is a dependent clause that lacks a subject and verb of its own.
