"insubordination" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: insubordinations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French insubordination. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|insubordination}} French insubordination Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} insubordination (countable and uncountable, plural insubordinations)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being insubordinate): անհնազանդություն (anhnazandutʿyun) (Armenian), չենթարկվելը (čʿentʿarkvelə) (Armenian), 不順從 (Chinese Mandarin), 不顺从 (bú shùncóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不服從 (Chinese Mandarin), 不服从 (bú fúcóng) (Chinese Mandarin), insubordinatie (Dutch), niskoittelu (Finnish), niskurointi (Finnish), tottelemattomuus (Finnish), insubordination [feminine] (French), Ungehorsamkeit [feminine] (German), Befehlsverweigerung [feminine] (German), Insubordination [feminine] (German), ανυποταξία (anypotaxía) [feminine] (Greek), απειθαρχία (apeitharchía) [feminine] (Greek), parancsmegtagadás (Hungarian), fegyelemsértés (Hungarian), függelemsértés (Hungarian), engedetlenség (Hungarian), ellenszegülés (Hungarian), easumhlaíocht [feminine] (Irish), insubordinazione [feminine] (Italian), непослушност (neposlušnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), ulydighet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ordrenekt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), نافرمانی (nâ-farmâni) (Persian), سرکشی (sarkeši) (Persian), insubordinação [feminine] (Portuguese), неподчине́ние (nepodčinénije) [neuter] (Russian), неповинове́ние (nepovinovénije) [neuter] (Russian), ослуша́ние (oslušánije) [neuter] (Russian), непоко́рность (nepokórnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), insubordinación [feminine] (Spanish), olydnad [common-gender] (Swedish), uppstudsighet [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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