subserviency

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subserviency
Noun
  • Trump and Vance demand absolute loyalty and subservience – as seen in their interactions with Zelensky.
    Greg Orme, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Trad wives are typically conservative, usually Christians and post about things like cooking, cleaning and subservience to their husbands.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.
    Lesley M.M. Blume, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Subserviency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subserviency. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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