subservient

/səbˈsɜr·vi·ənt/ adj disapproving

Definition

› willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes as less important than those of other people: In the past, women were viewed as subservient to men. subservience

/səbˈsɜr·vi·əns/ n [U] › disapproving Your subservience to your boss disgusts me.

(Definition of subservient adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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