1. (n.) The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.
2. (n.) The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection.
3. (n.) Place of inferior rank.
Thesaurus Entries
assortment, back seat, categorization, continuity, culling, degree, gradation, grouping, hierarchy, humbleness, humility, inferiority, juniority, lower status, lowliness, minority, place, placement, rank, ranking, satellite status, screening, second fiddle, second string, secondariness, selection, sequence, serial order, service, servility, servitorship, sifting, sorting, sorting out, subjecthood, subjection, subordinacy, subordinate role, subservience, subserviency, taxonomy, third string, triage
