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- [suh b-sur-vee-uh nt]
- /səbˈsɜr vi ənt/
- /səbˈsɜː.vi.ənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suh b-sur-vee-uh nt]
- /səbˈsɜr vi ənt/
Definitions of subservience word
- adjective subservience serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. 1
- adjective subservience servile; excessively submissive; obsequious: subservient persons; subservient conduct. 1
- adjective subservience useful in promoting a purpose or end. 1
- noun subservience obedience 1
- noun subservience the state or quality of being subservient 0
- noun subservience subservient behavior or manner; obsequiousness; servility 0
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Origin of subservience
First appearance:
before 1625 One of the 42% oldest English words
1625-35; < Latin subservient- (stem of subserviēns, present participle of subservīre to subserve), equivalent to sub- sub- + servi-, stem of servīre to serve + -ent -ent
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Parts of speech for Subservience
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subservience popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for subservience
noun subservience
- docility — easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
- humility — the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
- manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- abjection — an abject state or condition
- conformability — Conformableness.
Antonyms for subservience
noun subservience
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- anteposition — the position opposite a given part of a plant
- ascendance — the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination.
- ascendancy — If one group has ascendancy over another group, it has more power or influence than the other group.
- bullseye — the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
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