SUBSERVIENT


Meaning of SUBSERVIENT in English

1.

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

She is expected to be ~ to her uncle.

ADJ: oft ADJ to n

subservience

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

N-UNCOUNT

2.

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

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

ADJ: v-link ADJ to n

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