as in obedience
a bending to the authority or control of another
an oligarchy requires subordination by the masses to the will of a tiny elite
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Recent Examples of subordination
To be sure, vassalage to China will not necessarily constitute full and unconditional subordination.
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Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
There is no history of racial subordination associated with Black people.
—Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Women were defined in terms of their full subordination to men and in regards to their role in the family and in motherhood.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
But Modi’s subordination of institutions has gone even further.
—Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
There is no history of racial subordination associated with Black people.
—Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Women were defined in terms of their full subordination to men and in regards to their role in the family and in motherhood.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
But Modi’s subordination of institutions has gone even further.
—Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subordination
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In March 1856, Little Thunder was forced to shake hands with Harney, who had summoned leaders of the seven Lakota bands to Fort Pierre, in South Dakota, to dictate his terms for peace—essentially, obedience and docility.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Their doodle graduated first in its class from obedience school; next stop, Westminster.Angela Haupt, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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The win for Cruz avenged the only loss of his career at that point, a submission defeat to Faber in 2007.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Its pitching event received submissions by more than 600 projects hailing from more than 50 countries and territories.Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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From manufacturing floors to corporate offices, these systems are processing sensitive data and making automated decisions that could impact operations, safety and compliance.Rajat Bhargava, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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That’s because the baseline for this comparison is the data for 2021, which Asher and other crime experts say is unreliable because the FBI switched crime reporting systems that year and compliance by local police departments plummeted.Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Subordination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subordination. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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