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submissiveness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | obedience |
| Has types | obsequiousness, passiveness, passivity, servility, subordination, subservience |
| Derivation | submissive |
Examples of submissiveness
submissiveness
A diminished posture and slumped shoulders, by contrast, display submissiveness.
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In dogs and other animals, urination can mark territory or express submissiveness.
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He's as invested as your husband is, if not more so, in your submissiveness.
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Gone was the submissiveness of waiting for the famous Maroons comeback.
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It has been suggested that it may flush prey, or signal submissiveness to other wagtails.
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This is the complete opposite from the submissiveness of the slaves in the Zealy photos.
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To her lover, Anselmo, Sylvia is an ideal of female submissiveness.
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This behaviour nearly proved her undoing, but she saved herself by a show of submissiveness.
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The Big 12 was given up for dead just two years ago, due to its chronic submissiveness to Texas.
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- The trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
- (submissive) inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
- Slavish: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"
- Submissiveness is the incidence or trait of voluntarily yielding to the will of another in an interpersonal relationship, or as a result of intimidation to some display of assertiveness or aggression by a partner. It can be found in everyday human and animal interactions.
- (Submissive (BDSM)) In BDSM, a bottom or submissive is the partner in a BDSM relationship or a BDSM scene who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role, to that of the top or dominant.
- The state or quality of being submissive
- (submissive) one who submits; Meekly obedient or passive
- Willingness to yield to others in authority, particularly to Jehovah's {theocratic} arrangement of things. ...
