adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
strict/rigid/slavish adherence
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strict adherence to Judaic law
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
adherence
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Burying it all under a thick shell of bluster, bullying, slavish adherence to protocol and discipline.
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Pope, however, distances himself from those who recommend a slavish adherence to the ancient rules and models.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was able to manipulate their slavish willingness to serve in the name of patriotism.
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The women's slavish obedience disgusted me.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Courts also avoid the slavish copying of earlier decisions by the technique of distinguishing cases.
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I am not a slavish supporter of what he has done at the DfEE.
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Nor is Badu in any way a slavish Holiday imitator or even a jazz singer.
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Pope, however, distances himself from those who recommend a slavish adherence to the ancient rules and models.
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Propping up the world's most enduring dictator is a slavish personality cult, and rigid control of the nation.
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The free market had virtues too long eclipsed by slavish conformity to collective ideals that no longer seemed relevant.