subordination
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French subordination, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin subordinatio
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: sub‧or‧di‧na‧tion
Noun
subordination (countable and uncountable, plural subordinations)
- The process of making something subordinate.
- The process of subordinating.
- 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria[1], 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 […]
- The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
- The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer).
See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin subordinātiō. See also subordonner and -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: subordinations
Noun
subordination f (plural subordinations)
- subordination.
- (grammar) use of subclauses
- Antonym: parataxe
Derived terms
Further reading
- “subordination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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