insubordination
English
editEtymology
editFrom in- + subordination,[1][2] on the model of French insubordination.[3]
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
editinsubordination (countable and uncountable, plural insubordinations)
- The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.
- 1987 February 1, Jennie McKnight, quoting Dorothy Green or her legal representative, “Black Lesbian Settles w/ABC”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 3:
- Green, who served as a technical manager in the network's Washington bureau, charged in her suit that she was subject to "repeated acts of insubordination by white male engineers and technicians, with the effect of the erosion and undermining of [her] ability to carry out her duties as supervisor."
Related terms
editWith prefixes
Translations
editquality of being insubordinate
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References
edit- ^ “insubordination, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “insubordination, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “insubordination (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
French
editEtymology
editFrom in- + subordination.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editinsubordination f (plural insubordinations)
Further reading
edit- “insubordination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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