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View synonyms for subservience
subservience
[ suhb-sur-vee-uhns ]
noun
- the fact of serving in a subordinate position or role:
There is no hierarchy, no dominance or subservience of any member, in this vision of the faith community.
- a servile or excessively submissive quality or manner:
Was I so weak that a child could reduce me to this fawning subservience—without will, without character?
- the fact or quality of being useful, or the state of being used, to promote a certain purpose or end:
Popular nationalists decried Irish subservience to British commercial interests, and promised to strengthen economic sovereignty.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of subservience1
First recorded in 1645–55; subservi(ent) ( def ) + -ence ( def )
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