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SUBORDINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of mastering or subordinating someone
Synonyms:
mastery; subordination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("subordination" is a kind of...):
domination (social control by dominating)
Derivation:
subordinate (make subordinate, dependent, or subservient)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of obedient submissiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("subordination" is a kind of...):
submissiveness (the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.)
Antonym:
insubordination (defiance of authority)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("subordination" is a kind of...):
grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
Synonyms:
hyponymy; subordination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("subordination" is a kind of...):
semantic relation (a relation between meanings)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The state of being subordinate to something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("subordination" is a kind of...):
dependance; dependence; dependency (the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else)
Derivation:
subordinate (rank or order as less important or consider of less value)
