subordinate
adjective
placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
subordinative
-
a word derived from
subordinate.
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The common relations between sentences indicated by conjunctions are coördinative, subordinative, adversative, concessive, and illative.
From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
The transit, we are told, from the unicellular to the multicellular organism cannot be explained by individualism, but implies a diminution of the competitive, an increase of the social and subordinative tendency.
From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by George Tyrrell
