as in servility
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Recent Examples of subservience
The earmark of empire is the subservience of liberty to ultra-inflated national security fears to protect us from ghosts.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Loyalty, obsequiousness and subservience to Harris is, but now his service has become an issue.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2024
In fact, this exact effect is part of the reason that so many Soviet-style autocrats—the kind Trump so admires— eventually fail: governments that run on political subservience get dragged down by the Peter Principle, like a sea monster sucking its victim into the icy depths.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
The role allowed Rossellini to embody subservience and authority through a reserved yet respectful demeanor.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Loyalty, obsequiousness and subservience to Harris is, but now his service has become an issue.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2024
In fact, this exact effect is part of the reason that so many Soviet-style autocrats—the kind Trump so admires— eventually fail: governments that run on political subservience get dragged down by the Peter Principle, like a sea monster sucking its victim into the icy depths.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
The role allowed Rossellini to embody subservience and authority through a reserved yet respectful demeanor.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subservience
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Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Without U.S. support or Russia’s acquiescence, analysts say Europe could find its peacekeeping proposals falling flat very quickly.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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At nearly every turn, he’s been able to get away with it, often with the reluctant acquiescence of Western leaders, from George W. Bush to Angela Merkel, who looked away from his misdeeds for the sake of diplomatic comity.—
Bret Stephens,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.—
Lesley M.M. Blume,
Town & Country,
6 Dec. 2022
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Sammy’s awareness of his mother’s infidelity, his father’s complaisance, and how both were relieved by his creative Boy Scout merit-badge projects and fantasies requires a separate article.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Nov. 2022
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The biggest spotlight has been on Mr. Trump’s very public effort to broker a quick peace in Ukraine, which has entailed previously unthinkable U.S. deference to Moscow’s wishes.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
5 Mar. 2025
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The odds of that petition succeeding would be very low as courts are obligated under the law to accord high deference to arbitration decisions.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Subservience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subservience. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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