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submissive
adjective
Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
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səbˈmɪsɪv
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adjective
Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
“Submissive servants”
adjective
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
“Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life”
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Submissive servants
A submissive reply
Replacing troublemakers with more submissive people
Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life
{'source': 'S.H.Adams', 'text': 'a slavish yes-man to the party bosses'}
She has become submissive and subservient
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