Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of subordinating, subjecting, or placing in a lower order, rank, or position, or in proper degrees of rank; also, the state of being subordinate or inferior; inferiority of rank or dignity.
  • noun Degree of lesser rank.
  • noun The state of being under control of government; subjection to rule; habit of obedience to orders.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.
  • noun The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection.
  • noun Place of inferior rank.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The process of making something subordinate.
  • noun The property of being subordinate.
  • noun The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of mastering or subordinating someone
  • noun the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
  • noun the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
  • noun the quality of obedient submissiveness
  • noun the state of being subordinate to something

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Examples

  • Qom's lack of subordination is a threat to Khamenei's rule and to the long-term survival of the Islamic Republic -- a system which prides itself with fusing (at least in theory) Islamic values and a republican form of governance.

    Geneive Abdo: Khamenei Seeks Rehabilitation in Qom Geneive Abdo 2010

  • Qom's lack of subordination is a threat to Khamenei's rule and to the long-term survival of the Islamic Republic -- a system which prides itself with fusing (at least in theory) Islamic values and a republican form of governance.

    Geneive Abdo: Khamenei Seeks Rehabilitation in Qom Geneive Abdo 2010

  • Qom's lack of subordination is a threat to Khamenei's rule and to the long-term survival of the Islamic Republic -- a system which prides itself with fusing (at least in theory) Islamic values and a republican form of governance.

    Geneive Abdo: Khamenei Seeks Rehabilitation in Qom Geneive Abdo 2010

  • Qom's lack of subordination is a threat to Khamenei's rule and to the long-term survival of the Islamic Republic -- a system which prides itself with fusing (at least in theory) Islamic values and a republican form of governance.

    Geneive Abdo: Khamenei Seeks Rehabilitation in Qom Geneive Abdo 2010

  • – I feel like the jump from the first clause (the ultimate cost for subordination is her memories) to the second (can she master the art of mind-hacking without blowing her cover?) is kind of awkward.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Sharpening Your Concept With a Two-Sentence Synopsis 2009

  • The subordination is supported by the actions of individuals, cultural norms and values, and the institutional structures and practices of society.

    Sound Politics: Race in Seattle Schools 2006

  • Western-style democracy, rationalism, objectivity, and the autonomy of the individual are slogans designed to convince the downtrodden that subordination is justice ...

    Life Upon the Wicked Stage—Freedom of Artistic Expression 1994

  • In the Services this quality reaches its maximum during war when the military demands the ultimate in subordination of self-the surrender of life.

    Canada's Military Colleges 1965

  • But if democracy is based upon human values, if it sets the state in subordination to the individual, it meets, in those respects, the mind and spirit of the Hindu.

    India Today 1950

  • It makes no difference whether the combination is one of workers or of employers, a corporation or a labour union, it must live in subordination to the public interest.

    The Open Shop: Why Is It; Why Should It Prevail? 1921

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