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# insubordination

«insubordination» in Mova's school dictionary: **refusing to obey people in charge; disobedience to authority** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Insubordination is refusing to obey people in charge; disobedience to authority. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insubordination/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales soldiers or servants rebel against a leader; in school, refusing to follow a teacher's rule

### examples

- The captain punished the insubordination of his crew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insubordination/#x1)
- Refusing to tidy up is a form of insubordination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insubordination/#x2)
- The rebels showed insubordination to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insubordination/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «insubordination» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insubordination/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.