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AUTHORITY Antonyms

There are 6 antonyms of the word authority. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For AUTHORITY

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inferiority
nounn
noun

• the state of being inferior

• an inferior quality

• the quality of being a competitive disadvantage

obedience
nounn
noun

• the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

• the trait of being willing to obey

• behavior intended to please your parents

powerlessness
nounn
noun

• the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble

subjugation
nounn
noun

• forced submission to control by others

• the act of subjugating by cruelty

• the act of conquering

submission
nounn
noun

• something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

• the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

• the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else

• the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness

• a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

• an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

• (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing

subordination
nounn
noun

• the state of being subordinate to something

• the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

• the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head

• the quality of obedient submissiveness

• the act of mastering or subordinating someone

Alternatives for OBEDIENCE

Alternatives for POWERLESSNESS

Alternatives for SUBJUGATION

Alternatives for SUBMISSION

Alternatives for SUBORDINATION

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