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insubordination

🇬🇧 UK/'ɪnsə'bɔrdə'neʃən/🇺🇸 US
C2

Definitions

n.

Refusal to obey orders or show respect for authority, especially in a workplace

不服从,抗命,违抗上级

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
+
subunder, below
+
ordin
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aconnector
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tionact, process, state
=insubordination

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