INSUBORDINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insubordination mean? 

• INSUBORDINATION (noun)
  The noun INSUBORDINATION has 2 senses:

1. defiance of authority

2. an insubordinate act

  Familiarity information: INSUBORDINATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSUBORDINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Defiance of authority

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("insubordination" is a kind of...):

defiance; rebelliousness (intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude)

Antonym:

subordination (the quality of obedient submissiveness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An insubordinate act

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

insubordination; rebelliousness

Hypernyms ("insubordination" is a kind of...):

resistance (group action in opposition to those in power)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insubordination"):

contumacy (obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority)

disobedience; noncompliance (the failure to obey)

 Context examples 

In the days that followed, as Dawson grew closer and closer, Buck still continued to interfere between Spitz and the culprits; but he did it craftily, when François was not around, With the covert mutiny of Buck, a general insubordination sprang up and increased.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)