subordination
/səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/
subordination means the process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.
subordination is pronounced /səˌbɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/.
Why “subordination” is a great word
SUBORDINATION — [Noun] The state or condition of being placed in a lower rank, position, or class, or the act of making something so. From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio, from subordinare ("to subordinate"), from Latin sub- ("under") + ordinare ("to order, arrange"). First recorded in English in the 15th century. Unlike "submission," which implies a personal surrender of will, or "coordination," which suggests a harmony of equals, subordination is the cold logic of hierarchy made structural. It is the organizational chart, the grammatical clause that cannot stand alone, and the soldier awaiting the officer's command—a silent testament to the ordered, and often ossified, nature of things.
Etymology
From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio.
noun
- The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate.“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); this quality as a systemic principle of discipline within a hierarchical organization.