SUBSIDIARITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subsidiarity mean? 

• SUBSIDIARITY (noun)
  The noun SUBSIDIARITY has 1 sense:

1. secondary importance

  Familiarity information: SUBSIDIARITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSIDIARITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Secondary importance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

subordinateness; subsidiarity

Hypernyms ("subsidiarity" is a kind of...):

inferiority; lower rank; lower status (the state of being inferior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subsidiarity"):

handmaid; handmaiden; servant (in a subordinate position)

junior status (in a junior position)

subservience; subservientness (in a subservient state)

Derivation:

subsidiary (functioning in a supporting capacity)