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subservience

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




NOUN
subordination
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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

Feminists have spent the past 150 years painstakingly chipping away at the laws that forced our subservience.

From Slate Apr. 17, 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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