SUBSERVIENT


Meaning of SUBSERVIENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ səbsɜ:(r)viənt ]

1.

If you are subservient , you do whatever someone wants you to do.

She is expected to be subservient to her uncle.

ADJ : oft ADJ to n

• sub‧ser‧vi‧ence

...an austere regime stressing obedience and subservience to authority.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you treat one thing as subservient to another, you treat it as less important than the other thing.

The woman’s needs are seen as subservient to the group interest.

ADJ : v-link ADJ to n

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