subservience
Example Sentences
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It helped undo the damage done by the subservience in “I Dream of Jeannie.”
He is emotionally weakened to the point of subservience — to tech, to conspiracy, and humor; anything that will restore some meaning.
From Salon
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
More and more women have been given a choice about how many children they will bear and that has opened up avenues to different lives, less confined to motherhood and economic subservience to men.
From Seattle Times
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
