subservience
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8.1
- noun
- /səbˈsɜːrviəns/
:
sumisión
- Georgia's colonial judicial system was criticized for both the incompetence of its judges and their subservience to the politics of the day.
- subservience of women
- man's subservience
In this instance, ignorance is subservience.
- In this instance, ignorance is subservience.
Examples
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Submission or subservience to community interests is thus a central principle of such practices.
Academic text (2007) -
Compliancy was a good trait, but too much became subservience, and that was not one of the more desirable qualities.
Fiction book (1991) -
Sometimes the subservience is not so much real as it is assumed.
Blog text (30) -
Don't confuse service with subservience.
Fiction book (1992) -
Perhaps you've grown too accustomed to subservience.
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Their subservience to foreign powers combined with charges of corruption and ineffectiveness has exacerbated their deficiencies.
Academic text (1992) -
Beneficiaries would therefore interact with their fiduciaries from an unequal position of vulnerability and subservience.
Academic text (2017) -
His subservience to his boss made it difficult for him to express his own ideas at work.
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The character's subservience in the film illustrated his complete lack of independence.
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Many people believe that subservience is necessary in a hierarchical organization.
Synonyms
171
5.0
Obeying rules or orders from people in charge
91
2.6
Willing to do what a person in charge asks
57
4.2
Accepting another person's control by obeying them
34
7.8
Polite respect that makes you accept someone's wishes or opinions
2
7.1
Being calm and ready to follow instructions from others
1
6.0
A willingness to accept someone else's authority and follow them
1
8.7
To be too eager to please and obey others in a weak, fearful way
1
9.9
Being too eager to please and obey someone to gain their favor
1
8.5
Being too ready to copy others and not act on your own
A habit of obeying others and not speaking up
Accepting another person's authority and doing what they say
A habit of doing what other people want even if you disagree
Antonyms
How Submissive
Surface Forms
Morphology
subservience = subservient (transparent) = sub + serv + ence
Derived from 'subservient' by a standard nominalization (-ence), keeping the sense of submissive or servile behavior.
Etymology
Subservience comes from the Latin parts sub- ('under') and serv- like in serve and servant, which means 'to serve'. A helpful image is someone standing 'under' another and always ready to serve, which is why subservience can mean an excessive willingness to obey or serve others.