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

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe