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subservience::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | subservientness |
| Type of | subordinateness, subsidiarity |
subservience::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | obsequiousness, servility |
| Type of | submissiveness |
| Has types | sycophancy |
| Derivation | subservient |
Examples of subservience
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Subservience to hard facts, such as time and decay, seldom held Mrs Lauder back.
From the economist.com
His subjects lose their lives as a result of their subservience and submission.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
Polygamy, with its rank inequality and female subservience, is too easy a target.
From the time.com
Another detachment sailed along the shore, forcing the Finns into subservience.
From the en.wikipedia.org
You would think they would break off their shame full subservience after 67 years.
From the economist.com
Excessive subservience doesn't simply make one vulnerable to psychotic pranks.
From the businessweek.com
Veiling of women in all religions is a sign of subservience and should be resisted.
From the independent.co.uk
She explains that her mother taught her that womanhood need not equal subservience.
From the economist.com
Most other insults aimed at women emphasise either dirtiness or subservience.
From the guardian.co.uk
- The condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan"
- In a subservient state
- Obsequiousness: abject or cringing submissiveness
- (subservient) compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw
- (subservient) implemental: serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime"
- (subservient) 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"
- (subserviently) obsequiously: in an obsequious manner; "she acts obsequiously toward her boss"
- In BDSM, servitude refers to performing personal tasks for their dominant partner, as part of their submissive role in a BDSM relationship.
- (subservient) Useful in an inferior capacity; Obsequiously submissive
