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subservience

[suhb-sur-vee-uhns] / səbˈsɜr vi əns /




NOUN
subordination
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Maybe divine intervention wouldn’t be such a bad thing if utter subservience to billionaires, technology and manufactured loneliness is the alternative.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

It helped undo the damage done by the subservience in “I Dream of Jeannie.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

If anything, her role as a path-breaker created expectations that far exceeded the inherent subservience of her vice presidential position.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024

But what Raisi lacked in charisma, he more than made up for in subservience; the man, frankly, was a toady doing the supreme leader’s bidding.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

Women exchanged the maids’ uniforms of subservience for the white chadors of emancipation.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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