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Definitions of subordination
  1. noun
    the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

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  2. noun
    the act of mastering or subordinating someone

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  3. noun
    the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
  4. noun
    the quality of obedient submissiveness
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  5. noun
    the state of being subordinate to something
Definition that contains subordination
  • troubled characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  • turbulent characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  • disruptive characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  • solicit incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
  • tumultuous characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  • riotous characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  • contumacy obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
  • double standard of sexual behavior a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)
  • subordinating conjunction the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another
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