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We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.
Larry Norman

Meaning of "subservience" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUBSERVIENCE

subservience  [səbˈsɜːvɪəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBSERVIENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Subservience is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUBSERVIENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of subservience in the English dictionary

The definition of subservience in the dictionary is complete willingness to do whatever other people want you to dosubservience to sb. Other definition of subservience is the condition of being less important than something else and serving its needssubservience to sth.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUBSERVIENCE


alliance
əˈlaɪəns
ambiance
ˈæmbɪəns
ambience
ˈæmbɪəns
annoyance
əˈnɔɪəns
appliance
əˈplaɪəns
audience
ˈɔːdɪəns
bioscience
ˈbaɪəʊˌsaɪəns
compliance
kəmˈplaɪəns
convenience
kənˈviːnɪəns
defiance
dɪˈfaɪəns
deviance
ˈdiːvɪəns
experience
ɪkˈspɪərɪəns
geoscience
ˌdʒiːəʊˈsaɪəns
neuroscience
ˈnjʊərəʊˌsaɪəns
obedience
əˈbiːdɪəns
radiance
ˈreɪdɪəns
reliance
rɪˈlaɪəns
resilience
rɪˈzɪlɪəns
science
ˈsaɪəns
variance
ˈvɛərɪəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUBSERVIENCE

subsegment
subseizure
subsellia
subsellium
subsense
subsensible
subsentence
subsequence
subsequent
subsequential
subsequently
subsequentness
subsere
subseries
subserve
subserviency
subservient
subserviently
subsessile
subset

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUBSERVIENCE

at your convenience
at your earliest convenience
Bachelor of Science
computer science
conference
conscience
disobedience
earth science
flag of convenience
impatience
inconvenience
information science
life science
Master of Science
natural science
patience
political science
social science
target audience
the dismal science
work experience

Synonyms and antonyms of subservience in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «subservience» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUBSERVIENCE

Find out the translation of subservience to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of subservience from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «subservience» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

屈从
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sumisión
570 millions of speakers

English

subservience
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मातहती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التبعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подхалимство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subserviência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরাধীনতার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

asservissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tunduk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Liebedienerei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

従属
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

복종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Subservience
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự giúp đở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கெஞ்சும் மனப்பான்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधीनता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

itaat etme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sottomissione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

służalczość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підлабузництво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supunere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δουλοπρέπεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderdanigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underkastelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

underdanighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of subservience

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBSERVIENCE»

The term «subservience» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.836 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBSERVIENCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about subservience

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2 QUOTES WITH «SUBSERVIENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word subservience.
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Harriet Martineau
For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.
2
Larry Norman
We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBSERVIENCE»

Discover the use of subservience in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to subservience and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Japanese Women: Emerging From Subservience, 1868-1945
This volume, containing most of the papers, which have been specially edited and revised for publication, together with an in-depth contextual Introduction by Dr Hiroko Tomida and Dr Gordon Daniels, is the outcome.
Hiroko Tomida, Gordon Daniels, 2005
2
Subservience
Universal Defiance, Book Five Harlow is a Subservient, created to serve the military's needs.
Chandra Ryan, 2014
3
Women, Islam, and the State
4. The. Convenience. of. Subservience: Women. and. the. State. of. Pakistan. Ayesha. Jalal. The relationship between women and the state in Pakistan has been both compelling and paradoxical. After nearly a decade of state-sponsored  ...
Deniz Kandiyoti, 1991
4
The Interview: Master of Subservience
BLURB Madam Clairette isn’t an average woman by anyone’s standards.
Kayden McLeod, 2014
5
Enigma Of The Emperors: Sacred Subservience In Japanese History
The volume is divided into nine sections: Strange Survival; The Feminine Beginnings of the Japanese Monarchy; Empresses and Consorts; Subservience as Power; Rising Fortunes in an Era of Peace; Meiji: the National Father Figure; The Elusive ...
Ben-Ami Shillony, 2005
6
Victim and Victimizer: Joseph's Interpretation of his Destiny
The two occasions of subservience for survival as expressed by the dreams motif are found at 45.8b—ll and 47.13-26. Joseph's words in 45.8b-11 are implicitly an explanation of the purpose of the dreams he had at the beginning of the story ...
Yiu-Wing Fung, 2000
7
From Encroachment to Involvement: A Documentary Study of ...
our faith and come to believe in atheism and subservience, because communism , brothers, believes in atheism and subservience. Before the Egyptian revolution, the Communists tried to induce certain members of the revolutionary junta to ...
Yaacov Ro'i, 1974
8
Agent-centered Morality: An Aristotelian Alternative to ...
Put this way, the issue is whether the priorities of neighborly love require subservience or servility by requiring an objectionable subordination of the agent's interests to the interests of the community. Clearly, if we cannot avoid a concept of ...
George W. Harris, 1999
9
Overcoming Racism and Sexism
Slave owners wanted slavery to be a stable institution, and we have stability in a relationship of subservience precisely when the subservient believe in their own subservience and thus engage in subservient behavior in the absence of ...
Linda A. Bell, David Blumenfeld, 1995
10
Fashion as Communication
Fashion and clothing are ideological, then, in that they are also part of the process in which social groups establish, sustain and reproduce positions of power, relations of dominance and subservience. They are. moreover, part of the process ...
Malcolm Barnard, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBSERVIENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term subservience is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sandra Bland's Arrest and the Expectation of Meek Subservience
Given the practical power that police have to mess with us and the wide discretion they have in exercising it, an attitude of meek subservience may seem ... «Reason, Jul 15»
2
In 'Subservience' To Washington, British Pilots Secretly Bombing Syria
The Stop the War Coalition said Friday's revelations “reveal both the government's contempt for democracy and its subservience to Washington foreign policy.”. «Mintpress News, Jul 15»
3
Gareth Morgan: Get rid of our flag of subservience
That's too long a period of subservience to an imperialist power, reflecting our low level of self-confidence. Our current flag reflects that national immaturity. «New Zealand Herald, May 15»
4
Moderation is not subservience, says ex-judge
KUALA LUMPUR: A former judge has warned against the tendency to equate moderation to subservience to the government. “Being moderate cannot mean ... «Free Malaysia Today, Apr 15»
5
Senate report blasts subservience of peace panel to MILF
Twenty senators have signed a Senate report that denounces the Aquino administration's peace panel for subservience to the demands of the Moro Islamic ... «Inquirer.net, Mar 15»
6
Our subservience to 'the club'
Jane Bowron: Our subservience to 'the club' is baby-minded ... long for New Zealand to grow weary and disillusioned about our doff-capping subservience to the ... «The Southland Times, Mar 15»
7
Greece — Syriza – Subservience to Neoliberalism – The Killing …
Greece — Syriza – Subservience to Neoliberalism – The Killing Plague that Knows No Mercy? By Peter Koenig. Global Research, February 24, 2015. Region: ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Feb 15»
8
Putin, fearing Russia's subservience to China, casts wider net over …
HONG KONG – Boxed in by the U.S. and its allies, faced with an uneasy relationship with China and needing new friends and income, Russia is popping up ... «The Japan Times, Feb 15»
9
Greek Elections: On Verge of Victory, Europe's Ascendant Left …
We will finish with orders from abroad.” Syriza's answer to austerity, he continued, would be this: “The bailout is over. Blackmail is over. Subservience is over.”. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jan 15»
10
Between independence and subservience
During the martial law period, a subservient Supreme Court provided judicial cover to Marcos' convoluted legal formulations for justifying his dictatorial powers. «Rappler, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Subservience [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/subservience>. Apr 2024 ».
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