subservient (redirected from subserviency)

sub·ser·vi·ent  (sb-sûrv-nt)

adj.

1. Subordinate in capacity or function.

2. Obsequious; servile.

3. Useful as a means or an instrument; serving to promote an end.

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[Latin subservins, subservient-, present participle of subservre, to subserve; see subserve.]

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sub·servi·ence, sub·servi·en·cy n.

sub·servi·ent·ly adv.

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subservient [səbˈsɜːvɪənt]

adj

1. obsequious in behaviour or attitude

2. serving as a means to an end

3. a less common word for subordinate [2]

[from Latin subserviēns complying with, from subservīre to subserve]

subserviently  adv

subservience , subserviency n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	subservient - compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"
	2.	subservient - serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime" implemental, instrumental helpful - providing assistance or serving a useful function
	3.	subservient - abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" slavish, submissive servile - submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

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subservient

adjective

1. servile, submissive, deferential, subject, inferior, abject, sycophantic, slavish, obsequious, truckling, bootlicking (informal) Her willingness to be subservient to her children isolated her.
servile bossy, domineering, overbearing, superior, overriding, rebellious, wilful, disobedient, bolshie

2. subordinate, subsidiary, accessory, auxiliary, conducive, ancillary The individual's needs are seen as subservient to the group's.

Translations

subservient [səbˈsɜːvɪənt] ADJ

1. [person] (= submissive) → sumiso (pej) (= servile) → servil
to be subservient to sb → someterse a algn

2. (= secondary) → subordinado (to a)

subservient [səbˈsɜː^rviənt] adj

(= servile) → soumis(e)

(= less important) subservient to sth → soumis(e) à qch

subservient

adj (pej) → unterwürfig (to gegenüber); (form) → unterworfen (→ to +dat)

subservient [səbˈsɜːvɪənt] adj subservient (to) → sottomesso/a (a)