insubordination

From French insubordination.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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.

From in- +‎ subordination.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sy.bɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/

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insubordination f (plural insubordinations)

1. insubordination

• “insubordination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.