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   subservient

   /səbˈsəːvɪənt/

   adjective

   • 1. prepared to obey others unquestioningly: "she was subservient to her parents" Similar submissivedeferentialacquiescentcompliantaccommodatingobedientdutifulduteousbiddableyieldingmeekdocileductilepliantpassiveunassertivespiritlesssubduedhumbletimidmildlamblikeservileslavishgrovellingtrucklingself-effacingself-abasingdowntroddensnivellingcoweringcringinginformal:under someone's thumbarchaic:resistlessrare:longanimousOpposite domineeringindependent
   • ▪ less important; subordinate: "he expected her career to become subservient to his" Similar subordinatesecondarysubsidiaryperipheralmarginalancillaryauxiliarysupplementaryinferiorimmaterialless important thanof lesser importance thanlower thanOpposite superior
   • ▪ serving as a means to an end: "the whole narration is subservient to the moral plan of exemplifying twelve virtues in twelve knights" Similar ancillarysubordinatesecondarysupportiveinstrumentalcontributoryconducivehelpfulusefuladvantageousbeneficialvaluable

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin subservient- ‘subjecting to, complying with’, from the verb subservire (see subserve).

   Derivatives

   • 1. subserviently adverb

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

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   SUBSERVIENT definition: 1. willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes as less important than those of…. Learn more.

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   How Should You Use subservient? useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate; serving to promote some end; obsequiously submissive : truckling… See the full definition

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   SUBSERVIENT meaning: 1. willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes as less important than those of…. Learn more.

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   Subservient definition: serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. . See examples of SUBSERVIENT used in a sentence.

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   subservient (to something) (formal) less important than something else. The needs of individuals were subservient to those of the group as a whole. Every consideration was subservient to the overriding need to cut costs.

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   Subservient means "compliant," "obedient," "submissive," or having the qualities of a servant. Something that's subservient has been made useful, or put into the service of, something else.

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   Define subservient. subservient synonyms, subservient pronunciation, subservient translation, English dictionary definition of subservient. adj. 1. Subordinate in capacity or function. 2. Obsequious; servile. 3. Useful as a means or an instrument; serving to promote an end. sub·ser′vi·ence ,...

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSUBSERVIENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you treat one thing as subservient to another, you treat it as less important than the other thing. The woman's needs are seen as subservient to the group interest. [ + to ]

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11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSUBSERVIENCE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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    See all examples of subservience. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.