Subordination

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subordination \Sub*or`di*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. subordination.]
     1. The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or
        subjecting.
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     2. The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to


        an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection.
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              Natural creature having a local subordination.
                                                    --Holyday.
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     3. Place of inferior rank.
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              Persons who in their several subordinations would be
              obliged to follow the example of their superiors.
                                                    --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  subordination
       n 1: the state of being subordinate to something
       2: the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a
          lower rank or class [syn: {hyponymy}]
       3: the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to
          its head
       4: the quality of obedient submissiveness [ant: {insubordination}]
       5: the act of mastering or subordinating someone [syn: {mastery}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "subordination":
     assortment, back seat, categorization, continuity, culling, degree,
     gradation, grouping, hierarchy, humbleness, humility, inferiority,
     juniority, lower status, lowliness, minority, place, placement,
     rank, ranking, satellite status, screening, second fiddle,
     second string, secondariness, selection, sequence, serial order,
     service, servility, servitorship, sifting, sorting, sorting out,
     subjecthood, subjection, subordinacy, subordinate role,
     subservience, subserviency, taxonomy, third string, triage