Subservience
[səb'sɜːvɪəns] or [səb'sɝvɪəns]
Definition
(noun.) in a subservient state.
(noun.) the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; 'all his actions were in subservience to the general plan'.
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Definition
(n.) Alt. of Subserviency
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Subordination, inferiority.[2]. Usefulness, helpfulness.
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Examples
- In that subservience, and not in the meddling of Mr. Morgan, is the reason why American journalism is so flaccid, so repetitious and so dull. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Love is a process of subservience with you--and with everybody. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In the second place their presence was held to check dogmatism on the part of the leaders, and subservience on the part of their followers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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