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noun
1.
the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
2.
the act subordinating, or of making dependent, secondary, or subservient.
3.
the condition of being subordinated, or made dependent, secondary, or subservient.
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Subordination
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example Sentences
- These fanatic, jealous, brutal devotions made him so fastidious with every detail he could not manage their subordination.
- Nobody wants to feel condescended to, and the geographic subordination is often part of the same thought process.
- Legal slavery may be in the past, but segregation and subordination have been allowed to persist.
Collins
World English Dictionary
| subordinate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of lesser order or importance |
| 2. | under the authority or control of another: a subordinate functionary |
| —n | |
| 3. | a person or thing that is subordinate |
| —vb (usually foll by to) | |
| 4. | to put in a lower rank or position (than) |
| 5. | to make subservient: to subordinate mind to heart |
| [C15: from Medieval Latin subordināre, from Latin | |
| sub'ordinately | |
| —adv | |
| subordi'nation | |
| —n | |
| sub'ordinateness | |
| —n | |
| sub'ordinative | |
| —adj | |
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
subordination definition
The use of expressions that make one element of a sentence dependent on another. In the following sentence, the first (italicized) clause (also called a subordinate clause) is subordinate to the second clause: “Despite all efforts toward a peaceful settlement of the dispute, war finally broke out.” (Compare coordination, dependent clause, and independent clause.)
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