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insubordination
noun
- the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance:
The employee was fired for insubordination.
Word History and Origins
Origin of insubordination1
Example Sentences
The Detention Watch Network has compiled reports detailing alleged abuses at different detention facilities, like the use of tear gas as punishment for perceived “insubordination,” and the myriad health problems that plague detention centers.
The behind-the-scenes story with CBS involved a truckload of intuition and a bit of insubordination, resulting in one of the great moments in televised sports.
Bass supporters, in turn, have accused Crowley of negligence and insubordination, calling her push for reinstatement part of a much larger political attack on Bass, the city’s first Black female mayor.
While in the Marines, he had a tour in Asia and was often reprimanded for insubordination.
On the contrary, because Republican women tend to be in closer proximity to Republican men, they're far more likely to be on the receiving end of anger over talkback or other perceived insubordination.
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