subordinate status

collocation in English

meaningsofsubordinateandstatus

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subordinate
adjective
uk
/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/us
/səˈbɔːr.dən.ət/
having a lower or less ...
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status
noun
uk
/ˈsteɪ.təs/us
/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/
an accepted or official position, especially in a ...
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(Definition ofsubordinateandstatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubordinate status

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Community-run homes tend to acknowledge theirsubordinatestatusvis-' -vis the government more than other homes.
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When a hierarchical society subordinates some class of its members, theirsubordinatestatusis imposed on them coercively.
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Their participation in an evaluation project may validate an outcome based around a focus on exclusion/inclusion and asubordinatestatus.
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What would we expect to happen when so many people have to see themselves as having asubordinatestatus?
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From thatsubordinatestatushe would have the chance of rising to a higher job.
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Those who were left with a composite citizenship would inevitably feel that they had a second-classsubordinatestatus.
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In the circumstances, could not something be done to recognise that there is a status more than the purelysubordinatestatusat present afforded to employees?
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He proposes that conquered groups held asubordinatestatuseither as otherwise-autonomous tribute-payers or as disadvantaged strata within mixed settlements.
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The first estate was the class that constituted a birthright aristocracy with claims to respect, obedience, and support from those ofsubordinatestatus.
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Such debt is referred to as subordinate, because the debt providers (the lenders) havesubordinatestatusin relationship to the normal debt.
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He was pardoned but from then on had to acceptsubordinatestatus.
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First, feminist jurisprudence seeks to explain ways in which the law played a role in women's formersubordinatestatus.
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Land reform did not change theirsubordinatestatus, which was based on deep-rooted traditional values and beliefs.
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The judiciary confirmed thissubordinatestatuseven when explicitly racialized laws were not available.
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