Synonyms for insubordination


Grammar : Noun

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Définition of insubordination

Origin :
  • 1790, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + subordination. Perhaps on model of French insubordination (1788).
  • noun disobedience
Example sentences :
  • Discontent and insubordination now prevailed amongst the rebels.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • Two days earlier he would not have dreamed of such a piece of insubordination.
  • Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard
  • The inference that there had been insubordination is inevitable.
  • Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
  • Heaven knew what amount of insubordination might spring out of it!
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • "You are simply adding to your insubordination, sir," he says, coldly.
  • Extract from : « A War-Time Wooing » by Charles King
  • The crew had arrived at the highest pitch of insubordination.
  • Extract from : « The English at the North Pole » by Jules Verne
  • I showed in my face my scorn for the Cass sort of selfishness and insubordination.
  • Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips
  • Sickness, weariness, and insubordination prevailed in his troop.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • This would not do, said the colonel; it was tantamount to insubordination.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
  • Two important expressions of art, in a state of insubordination.
  • Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 » by Various

Antonyms for insubordination

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