subordination

Example Sentences

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It associates power and authority with access to the petty pleasures of these daily forms of sexual subordination.

From Los Angeles Times

Toward the end of his life, Burke harped on the "subordination" of the masses to the classes as imperative for any sort of political order.

From Salon

“Further procrastination, double standards and stalling in international institutions and subordination to the political will of superpowers are no longer acceptable,” Mr. al-Sheikh wrote on Twitter.

From New York Times

This subordination often has a spiritual implication: people are offered an opportunity to transcend their own sense of insignificance through participation in a powerful movement of the chosen.

From Salon

Now the options for making a living in the business largely involve either subordination to franchise filmmaking or a leap into the television maw.

From The New Yorker