单词 | insubordination |
释义 | insubordinationn. The fact or condition of being insubordinate; absence of subordination or submission; resistance to or defiance of authority; refusal to obey orders; refractoriness, disobedience. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > lack of submission to rightful authority dissubjection1672 independence1783 insubordination1790 performing1947 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 310 All the disorders arising from idleness, luxury, dissipation, and insubordination . View more context for this quotation 1797 C. Collingwood in Select. Public & Private Corr. (1828) 43 Beware how you attempt to excite insubordination in this ship;..if you endeavour to excite mutiny..I will..throw you into the sea. 1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lvii. 228 Antigonus complained of Cassander's insubordination. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 19 He was punished for insubordination, until at last in desperation he made his escape to the bush. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1790 |
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