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subservience
noun as in dependence/dependency
noun as in humility
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in obedience
noun as in submissiveness
noun as in subordination
Strong matches
noun as in tractability
noun as in tractableness
Example Sentences
As both a reader and writer, I notice similar themes in the books I am drawn to, all of which tie into my own deep-rooted fears: mothers who fail their children somehow, women manipulated into subservience, lots of misogynist antagonists.
The parts on foreign affairs in her DNC speech and the debate — including Trump’s subservience to Putin and her promise to preside over the world’s most lethal fighting force — weren’t just “foreign policy” statements.
Because a woman he probably doesn't even know would choose cats over a life of sad subservience to a man.
If anything, her role as a path-breaker created expectations that far exceeded the inherent subservience of her vice presidential position.
He also said his party, which favours withdrawing the UK from Nato, would end “subservience” to the US, describing the UK as an American "vassal state".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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