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subserviency
noun[ U ]
old-fashioned or formaluk /səbˈsɜː.vi.ən.si/ us /səbˈsɝː.vi.ən.si/
a willingness to do what other people want, or the act of considering your wishes as less important than those of other people: 恭顺，屈从;低声下气
Something darker seemed to lurk beneath the subserviency of his short speech.
subserviency toHe remained as unhelpful as ever in all matters where subserviency to the party was demanded.
They use people on both sides of the argument, in subserviency to their ultimate aims.
It centred not on women’s historic contributions, but on female subserviency and domesticity.
Her strong position against subserviency is one that would make any feminist proud.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Obedient and compliant
accordance
acquiescent
acquiescently
adherence
compliantly
do as someone is told
dutiful
dutifully
easy
follower
pliable
pursuant
ruly
sheep
sheeple
slavish
someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom
truckle
what/whatever someone says goesidiom
yielding
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subservient Synonymsubservience
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