insubordination
/ˌɪn.səˌbɔːɹ.dɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
insubordination noun: 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.
Noun
insubordination (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.
- 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."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
insubordination meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Persian
insubordination in Tamil
- அடங்காமை, கீழ்ப்படியாமை
insubordination in Urdu
- حکم عدولی, بغاوت, نافرمانی, سرکشی
insubordination in Malayalam
- അനുസരണയില്ലായ്മ, ധിക്കാരം, ആജ്ഞാനിഷേധം
insubordination in Persian
- quality of being insubordinate
- نافرمانی nâ-farmâni, سرکشی sarkeši
Forms of insubordination
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Origin of insubordination
From in- + subordination, on the model of French insubordination.
Words that rhyme with insubordination
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Questions about insubordination
- What does insubordination mean?
- Insubordination means 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.
- What is insubordination in Tamil?
- Insubordination in Tamil is அடங்காமை, கீழ்ப்படியாமை. See Insubordination meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is insubordination?
- Insubordination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce insubordination?
- Insubordination is pronounced /ˌɪn.səˌbɔːɹ.dɪˈneɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of insubordination?
- The plural of insubordination is insubordinations.
Words near insubordination in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: insubordination (page history and authors); insubordination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insubordination (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insubordination (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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