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subordinateness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Subordinate  \Sub*or"di*nate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Subordinated};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Subordinating}.] 
  1.  To  place  in  a  lower  order  or  class;  to  make  or  consider  as 
  of  less  value  or  importance;  as  to  subordinate  one 
  creature  to  another. 
 
  2.  To  make  subject;  to  subject  or  subdue;  as  to  subordinate 
  the  passions  to  reason.  --  {Sub*or"di*nate*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Sub*or"di*nate*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  subordinateness 
  n  :  secondary  importance  [syn:  {subsidiarity}] 




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