slavish
pronunciation
How to pronounce slavish in British English:
UK [ˈsleɪvɪʃ]
How to pronounce slavish in American English:
US [ˈslevɪʃ]
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- Adjective:
- blindly imitative
- abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
Word Origin
- slavish (adj.)
- 1560s, from slave (n.) + -ish. Sense of "servilely imitative, lacking originality or independence" is from 1753. Related: Slavishly; slavishness.
Example
- 1. Economics is less a slavish creed than a prism through which to understand the world .
- 2. Taking such a course would return me to slavish fragmentation .
- 3. It is this slavish acquiescence to man 's superiority that has kept the marriage institution seemingly intact for so long a period .
- 4. The problem , as it was with the previous movie , harry potter and the sorcerer 's stone , is a slavish faithfulness to the book .
- 5. Well , then is it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in a slavish and abject way what is not in thy power ?