Meanings
plural insubordinations
- countableuncountableThe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchinsubordination
- Englishinsubordination
From in- + subordination, on the model of French insubordination.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 不順從 /不顺从, 不服從 /不服从
- 不順從 /不顺从 (bú shùncóng)quality of being insubordinate
- 不服從 /不服从 (bú fúcóng)quality of being insubordinate
Dutch insubordinatie
- insubordinatiequality of being insubordinate
Finnish niskoittelu, niskurointi
- niskoitteluquality of being insubordinate
- niskurointiquality of being insubordinate
- tottelemattomuusquality of being insubordinate
French insubordination
- insubordinationquality of being insubordinate
German Ungehorsamkeit, Befehlsverweigerung
- Ungehorsamkeitquality of being insubordinate
- Befehlsverweigerungquality of being insubordinate
- Insubordinationquality of being insubordinate
Greek ανυποταξία, απειθαρχία
- ανυποταξία (anypotaxía)quality of being insubordinate
- απειθαρχία (apeitharchía)quality of being insubordinate
Hawaiian hoʻolohe ʻole i ke kauoha
- hoʻolohe ʻole i ke kauohaquality of being insubordinate
Hungarian parancsmegtagadás, fegyelemsértés
- parancsmegtagadásquality of being insubordinate
- fegyelemsértésquality of being insubordinate
- függelemsértésquality of being insubordinate
- engedetlenségquality of being insubordinate
- ellenszegülésquality of being insubordinate
Irish easumhlaíocht
- easumhlaíochtquality of being insubordinate
Italian insubordinazione
- insubordinazionequality of being insubordinate
Japanese 不服従
- 不服従 (fufukujū)quality of being insubordinate
Norwegian Bokmål ulydighet, ordrenekt
- ulydighetquality of being insubordinate
- ordrenektquality of being insubordinate
Persian نافرمانی, سرکشی
- نافرمانی (nâ-farmâni)quality of being insubordinate
- سرکشی (sarkeši)quality of being insubordinate
Portuguese insubordinação
- insubordinaçãoquality of being insubordinate
Russian неподчине́ние, неповинове́ние
- неподчине́ние (nepodčinénije)quality of being insubordinate
- неповинове́ние (nepovinovénije)quality of being insubordinate
- ослуша́ние (oslušánije)quality of being insubordinate
- непоко́рность (nepokórnostʹ)quality of being insubordinate
Spanish insubordinación
- insubordinaciónquality of being insubordinate
Swedish olydnad, uppstudsighet
- olydnadquality of being insubordinate
- uppstudsighetquality of being insubordinate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with insubordination
Cite this entry
insubordination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insubordination
“insubordination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insubordination. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insubordination,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insubordination.
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