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insubordinate

adj

Etymology

From in- + subordinate, on model of French insubordonné.

  1. derived from insubordonné

Definitions

  1. Rebellious or defiant to authority

    Rebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious.

    • I remembered with confusion my insubordinate and stealthy conduct, and when I saw where it had brought me […] I felt ashamed to look him in the face.

  2. To rebel or defy authority.

    • I think it's moral to insubordinate against a controlling boss.

  3. A person who defies authority.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at insubordinate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at insubordinate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at insubordinate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA