subordination

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sub=or=di=na=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

subordination, n. [Cf. F. subordination.].

•  The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.  [1913 Webster]
•  The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection.  [1913 Webster]

  "Natural creature having a local subordination."  [1913 Webster]
•  Place of inferior rank.  [1913 Webster]

  "Persons who in their several subordinations would be obliged to follow the example of their superiors."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

subordination

assortment, back seat, categorization, continuity, culling, degree, gradation, grouping, hierarchy, humbleness, humility, inferiority, juniority, lower status, lowliness, minority, place, placement, rank, ranking, satellite status, screening, second fiddle, second string, secondariness, selection, sequence, serial order, service, servility, servitorship, sifting, sorting, sorting out, subjecthood, subjection, subordinacy, subordinate role, subservience, subserviency, taxonomy, third string, triage

ROGET THESAURUS

subordination

Order

N order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo, music of the spheres, gradation, progression, series, subordination, course, even tenor, routine, method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline orderliness, rank, place, orderly, regular, in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place, neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic, unconfused &c (confuse), arranged, in order, methodically, in turn, in its turn, by steps, step by step, by regular steps, by regular gradations, by regular stages, by regular intervals, seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim, at stated periods, natura non facit saltum, order is heaven's first law, order from disorder sprung, ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribue.

Subjection

N subjection, dependence, dependency, subordination, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom, feudalism, feudality, vassalage, villenage, slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude, conquest, service, servitude, servitorship, tendence, employ, tutelage, clientship, liability, constraint, oppression, yoke, submission, obedience, subject, dependent, subordinate, feudal, feudatory, in subjection to, under control, in leading strings, in harness, subjected, enslaved, constrained, downtrodden, overborne, overwhelmed, under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked, the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of, under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb, a slave to, at the mercy of, in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of, at the feet of, at one's beck and call, liable, parasitical, stipendiary, under, slaves - in a land of light and law.