subordinate

(adjective)

Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.

Examples of subordinate in the following topics:

  • Devolution

    • Describe the relationship between a central government and a subordinate entity in possession of certain "devolved" powers

  • Providing National Security

    • The Department—headed by the Secretary of Defense—has three subordinate military departments: the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.

  • Minorities, Women, and Children

    • While in most societies, numbers of men and women are roughly equal, the status of women as a subordinate group has led some (especially within feminist movements) to equate them with minorities.

  • Privacy Rights and National Security

    • It also established the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency, while subordinating the military branches to the Secretary of Defense.

  • The Bureaucracy

    • The Department – headed by the Secretary of Defense – has three subordinate military departments: the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.

  • National Security Policy

    • It also subordinated all military branches to the new cabinet level position of the Secretary of Defense, established the National Security Council, and established the Central Intelligence Agency.

  • Abolitionism and the Women's Rights Movement

    • Beecher argued women should remain subordinate by divine law in her Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism with Reference to the Duty of American Females.