Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being submissive, in any sense of the word.
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- noun The state or quality of being
submissive .
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- noun the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
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Examples
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You may be plagued with indecisiveness or revert to emotional "default" positions forged during childhood, such as submissiveness, rebellion or self-undermining behavior.
Douglas LaBier: An Inside-Out Life: Protection From the Growing Backlash -- Part 1 2010
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You may be plagued with indecisiveness or revert to emotional "default" positions forged during childhood, such as submissiveness, rebellion or self-undermining behavior.
Douglas LaBier: An Inside-Out Life: Protection From the Growing Backlash -- Part 1 2010
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The letter additionally criticized the ruling party of Prime Minister Donald Tusk for "submissiveness" toward Russia and acting like a "client" with Germany, adding that his
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"submissiveness" and the light-heartedness of the French did not prevent their being also fickle; and their "docility" was varied by fits of violent quarrelling with their American neighbors and among themselves.
The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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"submissiveness" following the crushing defeat of their chosen national leaders.
The Register 2009
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The republicans, in their submissiveness and spinelessness, were trying to impress the media and all the idiots who voted for Obama with their willingness to PANDER for votes like the democrats.
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The republicans, in their submissiveness and spinelessness, were trying to impress the media and all the idiots who voted for Obama with their willingness to PANDER for votes like the democrats.
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I doubt that anyone who has seen "Waiting for Superman" would agree with Ezra that unions are helpless to "define the status quo," or that enforced employee submissiveness is a major problem in the public schools.
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Of course there exist caricatures of a misguided humility and a mistaken submissiveness, which we do not want to imitate.
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If you questioned it, your loyalty and submissiveness quickly became the issue, and you were “dealt with accordingly.”
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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