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servility::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | obsequiousness, subservience |
| Type of | submissiveness |
| Has types | sycophancy |
| Derivation | servile |
Examples of servility
servility
The class system has eroded but servility is still embedded in British thinking.
From the economist.com
Many conservatives have adopted an unpleasant strain of servility toward the rich.
From the chron.com
It is Italian servility that is being lampooned here, and not in the least gently.
From the time.com
Such obligatory servility makes it very hard to agitate for better conditions.
From the scoop.co.nz
Now, that relationship doesn't suggest any degree of compliance or servility.
From the time.com
Like all who profit from it, Mr. Ashok takes Balram's show of servility at face value.
From the boston.com
The two previous comments are truly saddening in their mixture of apathy and servility.
From the guardian.co.uk
Well of course criticism is less welcome than servility.
From the dailymercury.com.au
Good service is an entirely different thing to servility.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Obsequiousness: abject or cringing submissiveness
- (servile) submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"
- (Servile) Slavery is a system in which people are the property of others. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand wages. ...
- (The servile) Vidheyan (Translation: The Servile), is a 1993 Indian film directed and written by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It is a cinematic adaptation of the novel Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum by Malayalam writer Paul Zacharia. ...
- The condition of being servile
- (servile) of or pertaining to a slave; submissive or slavish
- (servile) (adj) - yielding through fear; lack of spirit; politically enslaved
- (servile) (adj) of or relating to a slave; behaving like or siutible for a slave or a servent, menial; lacking independence
- (servile) (adj.) subservient (The servile porter crept around the hotel lobby, bowing and quaking before the guests.)
