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From in- +‎ subordinate,[1] on model of French insubordonné.[2]

insubordinate (comparative more insubordinate, superlative most insubordinate)

  1. Rebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious.

insubordinate (plural insubordinates)

  1. A person who defies authority.
  1. ^ “insubordinate, adj. and n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “insubordinate (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

insubordinate

  1. feminine plural of insubordinato

insubordinate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of insubordinar combined with te