subservience
pronunciation
How to pronounce subservience in British English:
UK [səb'sɜ:vɪəns]
How to pronounce subservience in American English:
US [səb'sɜvɪrns]
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- Noun:
- the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
- in a subservient state
- abject or cringing submissiveness
Word Origin
- subservience (n.)
- 1670s, from subservient + -ence. Related: Subserviency (1620s).
Example
- 1. It casts him in a position of subservience .
- 2. They became conditioned to subservience .
- 3. And it has tried to avoid total subservience to any one of these by playingthem off against each other .
- 4. From the viewpoint of developing world countries , this economic dependence carried with it unavoidable political subservience .
- 5. As you wait on tables , you learn qualities like patience , humility and subservience .