Associations to the word «Subordination»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley