subordination

English

Etymology

From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˌbɔɹdn̩ˈeɪʃn̩/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: sub‧or‧di‧na‧tion

Noun

subordination (countable and uncountable, plural subordinations)

1. The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate.
   • 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria‎, 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 […]

2. The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
3. The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer); this quality as a systemic principle of discipline within a hierarchical organization.

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 or classing as subordinate

Belarusian: падпара́дкаванне n (padparádkavannje), паднача́ленне n (padnačáljennje) Finnish: alistaminen (fi) Hungarian: alárendelés (hu) Polish: podporządkowanie (pl) n, podporządkowywanie (pl) n Russian: подчине́ние (ru) n (podčinénije) Ukrainian: підпорядкува́ння n (pidporjadkuvánnja), підпорядко́вування n (pidporjadkóvuvannja)

property of being subordinate

Belarusian: падпара́дкаванне n (padparádkavannje), падпара́дкаванасць f (padparádkavanascʹ), паднача́ленне n (padnačáljennje), паднача́ленасць f (padnačáljenascʹ) Bulgarian: подчинение (bg) n (podčinenie) Finnish: alisteisuus (fi), alaisuus (fi) Hungarian: alá-fölé rendeltség, alárendeltség (hu), függőség (hu), függés (hu) Russian: подчине́ние (ru) n (podčinénije), подчинённость (ru) f (podčinjónnostʹ) Ukrainian: підпорядкува́ння n (pidporjadkuvánnja), підпорядко́ваність f (pidporjadkóvanistʹ)

quality of being properly obedient to a superior; this quality as a systemic principle of discipline

Belarusian: субардына́цыя f (subardynácyja) (principle) Finnish: tottelevaisuus (fi) Hungarian: engedelmesség (hu), fegyelem (hu) Polish: subordynacja (pl) f (principle) Russian: субордина́ция (ru) f (subordinácija) (principle) Ukrainian: субордина́ція f (subordynácija) (principle)

See also

• hierarchy

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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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.