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SUBSERVIENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
Example:
she has become submissive and subservient
Synonyms:
slavish; submissive; subservient
Classified under:
Similar:
servile (submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior)
Derivation:
subservience (abject or cringing submissiveness)
subservientness (in a subservient state)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Serving or acting as a means or aid
Example:
instrumental in solving the crime
Synonyms:
implemental; instrumental; subservient
Classified under:
Similar:
helpful (providing assistance or serving a useful function)
Derivation:
subserve (be helpful or useful)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Compliant and obedient to authority
Example:
editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
subordinate (subject or submissive to authority or the control of another)
Derivation:
subservientness (in a subservient state)
