subordination

English

Etymology

From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˌbɔɹɾn̩ˈeɪʃn̩/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: sub‧or‧di‧na‧tion

Noun

subordination (countable and uncountable, plural subordinations)

1. The process of making something subordinate.
2. The process of subordinating.
   • 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria‎^[1], New York: Leavitt, Lord & Co., published 1834:

     Sound logic, as the habitual subordination of the individual to the species, and of the species to the genus […]

3. The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
4. The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer).

Related terms

• ordain
• order
• ordinal
• ordinance, ordnance
• ordinary
• ordinate
• ordination
• ordo

 

With prefixes

• coordinate, coordination
• foreordination
• insubordination
• postordination
• preordination
• reordination
• subordinate, subordination
• subordination
• superordination

 

Translations

process of making subordinate

• Finnish: alistaminen (fi)
• Hungarian: alárendelés (hu)

process of subordinating

• Finnish: alistaminen (fi)
• Hungarian: alárendelés (hu)

property of being subordinate

• Finnish: alisteisuus (fi), alaisuus (fi)
• Hungarian: alá-fölé rendeltség, alárendeltség (hu), függőség (hu), függés (hu)

quality of being properly obedient to a superior

• Finnish: tottelevaisuus (fi)
• Hungarian: engedelmesség (hu), fegyelem (hu)

See also

• hierarchy

 

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin subordinātiō. See also subordonner and -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/

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• Homophone: subordinations

Noun

subordination f (plural subordinations)

1. subordination
2. (grammar) use of subclauses

   Antonym: parataxe

Derived terms

• conjonction de subordination
• insubordination

Further reading

• “subordination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.