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   submissive

   /səbˈmɪsɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive: "a submissive, almost sheeplike people"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from submission, on the pattern of pairs such as remission, remissive.

   Derivatives

   • 1. submissively adverb

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSUBMISSIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SUBMISSIVE definition: 1. allowing yourself to be controlled by other people or animals: 2. allowing yourself to be…. Learn more.

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   SUBMISSIVE meaning: 1. allowing yourself to be controlled by other people or animals: 2. allowing yourself to be…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of SUBMISSIVE is submitting to others. How to use submissive in a sentence.

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   Submissive definition: inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient. See examples of SUBMISSIVE used in a sentence.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › submissiveSubmissive - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   To be submissive is to obey or yield to someone else. When you are submissive, you submit to someone else's will, which literally, you put your own desires lower than theirs. You can see this in the Latin root of submit, submittere , which is formed by sub- "under" + mittere "send, put."

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSUBMISSIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you are submissive, you obey someone without arguing. Some doctors want their patients to be submissive. Synonyms: meek , passive , obedient , compliant More Synonyms of submissive

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › submissiveSubmissive - definition of submissive by The Free Dictionary

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   submissive - inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"