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subordination
[ suh-bawr-dn-ey-shuhn ]
noun
- 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.
- the act of subordinating, or of making dependent, secondary, or subservient.
- the condition of being subordinated, or made dependent, secondary, or subservient.
subordination
- 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: 鈥 Despite all efforts toward a peaceful settlement of the dispute , war finally broke out.鈥 ( Compare coordination , dependent clause , and independent clause .)
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 苍辞苍路蝉耻产路辞谤路诲颈路苍补路迟颈辞苍 noun
- 辫谤别路蝉耻产路辞谤路诲颈路苍补路迟颈辞苍 noun
- 蝉别濒蹿-蝉耻产路辞谤路诲颈路苍补路迟颈辞苍 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of subordination1
Example Sentences
One of Sheinbaum鈥檚 mottos: 鈥淐ollaboration, coordination, without subordination. ... Sovereignty is not negotiable.鈥
鈥淲e negotiate as equals, there is no subordination here, because we are a great nation,鈥 she told the Associated Press.
At her morning news conference on Thursday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum shot back , saying that her country was open to 鈥渃oordination鈥 with its northern neighbor, but not 鈥渟ubordination.鈥
In asserting unity, we are absolving a man who seeks power through the humiliation and subordination of disdained others.
"Coordination yes, subordination no," she said, summarising her vision of relations with the US back in March.
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