insubordination
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insubordination
- /ˌɪn.səˌbɔːɹ.dɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
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From in- + subordination, on the model of French insubordination.
noun 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."
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noun quality of being insubordinate
| Español | insubordinación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 不服従 fufukujū |
| 中文 | 不順從 /不顺从 bú shùncóng, 不服從 /不服从 bú fúcóng |
| Português | insubordinação |
| Français | insubordination |
| Deutsch | Ungehorsamkeit, Befehlsverweigerung, Insubordination |
| Italiano | insubordinazione |
| Ελληνικά | ανυποταξία anypotaxía, απειθαρχία apeitharchía |
| Русский | неподчине́ние nepodčinénije, неповинове́ние nepovinovénije, ослуша́ние oslušánije, непоко́рность nepokórnostʹ |
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title = {insubordination},
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