insubordination
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French insubordination.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
NounEdit
insubordination (countable and uncountable, plural insubordinations)
- The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.
Related termsEdit
With prefixes
TranslationsEdit
quality of being insubordinate
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From in- + subordination.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
insubordination f (plural insubordinations)
Further readingEdit
- “insubordination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.