subordinacy

  • 21Inferiority — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inferiority >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inferiority inferiority minority subordinacy Sgm: N 1 shortcoming shortcoming deficiency Sgm: N 1 minimum minimum Sgm: N 1 smallness smallness &c. 32 …

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  • 22passive — 01. He had a [passive] expression on his face, but I knew that he was extremely excited. 02. He is a very [passive] worker who doesn t really offer any new ideas. 03. The officer looked on [passively] as the soldiers raped the women of the… …

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  • 23subordinate — 01. The major was admired and respected by all his [subordinate] officers. 02. Our corporate philosophy holds that profits must sometimes be [subordinated] to employee satisfaction in order to create a positive working environment. 03. It is… …

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  • 24subjection — n. 1. (Act of) subjecting, subduing, controlling, putting down or under, subjugation, conquest, subordinating. 2. Dependence, subordination, subserviency, subordinacy …

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  • 25-acy — suffix forming nouns of state or quality (accuracy; piracy; supremacy), or an instance of it (conspiracy; fallacy) (see also CRACY). Etymology: a branch of the suffix CY from or after F acie or L acia or atia or Gk ateia * * * a suffix of nouns… …

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