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SUBSERVIENTNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subservientness mean?
• SUBSERVIENTNESS (noun)
The noun SUBSERVIENTNESS has 1 sense:
1. in a subservient state
Familiarity information: SUBSERVIENTNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a subservient state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
subservience; subservientness
Hypernyms ("subservientness" is a kind of...):
subordinateness; subsidiarity (secondary importance)
Derivation:
subservient (abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant)
subservient (compliant and obedient to authority)
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