prostration

Examples

• All

• There is no contortion, no prostration before authority that the statists will not perform.

  Blog text (3)

• Nationalism suggests one big national BLOB and the obliteration of states, or as styles put it, the prostration of the states.

• He often cried in prostration

  Blog text (30)

• "In case you didn't know, 'prostration' means laying down/submission.

  Blog text (17)

• Smashing faces, not the smashing faces part, the prostration part in the, and the humility.

  Lex Fridman

• He blames her prostration on the tediousness of provincial life.

  Academic text (2003)

• The prostration of Marxism-Leninism also undermines their own rulers' legitimacy.

  Academic text (1990)

• In a moment of despair, he fell to his knees in prostration, feeling utterly helpless before the overwhelming challenges of life.

• During the intense negotiation, they showed their prostration by agreeing to every demand without hesitation.

Synonyms

S

submission

vsprostration

57 4.2

Accepting another person's control by obeying them

is total surrender often with helplessness and feelings of abasement

S

suppliance

vsprostration

• Archaic

9.9

Accepting another person's authority and doing what they say

is a complete inner surrender often accompanied by helplessness and abasement

Antonyms

I

independence

608 3.0

Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves

A

assertiveness

8 4.6

The quality of being confident and direct when saying what you think or want

Compounds

H

heat prostration

• Specialized

1 6.8

A condition of dizziness, feeling sick, and weakness from losing fluids in hot weather, also called heat exhaustion

N

nervous prostration

• Archaic

9.9

Extreme mental and physical tiredness from stress that stops you from doing normal daily activities

How Submissive

prostration

1 8.5

to surrender

722 4.4

submission

57 4.2

obedience

91 2.6

compliance

171 5.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology