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English
Etymology
From French insubordination.
Pronunciation
Noun
insubordination (countable and uncountable, plural 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.
Related terms
Translations
quality of being insubordinate
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: անհնազանդություն (hy) (anhnazandutʿyun), չենթարկվելը (čʿentʿarkvelə)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 不順從／不顺从 (bú shùncóng), 不服從／不服从 (bú fúcóng)
- Dutch: insubordinatie (nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: niskoittelu (fi), niskurointi, tottelemattomuus (fi)
- French: insubordination (fr) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Ungehorsamkeit f, Befehlsverweigerung (de) f, Insubordination (de) f
- Greek: ανυποταξία (el) f (anypotaxía), απειθαρχία (el) f (apeitharchía)
- Hungarian: parancsmegtagadás (hu), fegyelemsértés (hu), függelemsértés (hu), engedetlenség (hu), ellenszegülés (hu)
- Irish: easumhlaíocht f
- Italian: insubordinazione (it) f
- Macedonian: непослушност f (neposlušnost)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ulydighet (no) m, ordrenekt m
- Persian: نافرمانی (fa) (nâ-farmâni), سرکشی (fa) (sarkeši)
- Portuguese: insubordinação (pt) f
- Russian: неподчине́ние (ru) n (nepodčinénije), неповинове́ние (ru) n (nepovinovénije), ослуша́ние (ru) n (oslušánije), непоко́рность (ru) f (nepokórnostʹ)
- Spanish: insubordinación f
- Swedish: olydnad (sv) c, uppstudsighet (sv) c
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
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French
Etymology
From in- + subordination.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/
Noun
insubordination f (plural insubordinations)
- insubordination
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