subservience
noun
sub·ser·vi·ence
səb-ˈsər-vē-ən(t)s 
1
: a subservient or subordinate place or function
2
: obsequious servility
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Trad wives are typically conservative, usually Christians and post about things like cooking, cleaning and subservience to their husbands.
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Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Virtually overnight, the new gender apartheid state rolled back laws and opportunities that had for decades already lifted Iranian women up from the subservience clerics demanded.
—Mariam Memarsadeghi, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
His is the first whose subservience to the prevailing darkness feels like a depressing surrender of identity.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
The earmark of empire is the subservience of liberty to ultra-inflated national security fears to protect us from ghosts.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
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Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Virtually overnight, the new gender apartheid state rolled back laws and opportunities that had for decades already lifted Iranian women up from the subservience clerics demanded.
—Mariam Memarsadeghi, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
His is the first whose subservience to the prevailing darkness feels like a depressing surrender of identity.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
The earmark of empire is the subservience of liberty to ultra-inflated national security fears to protect us from ghosts.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Subservience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subservience. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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subservience
noun
sub·ser·vi·ence
səb-ˈsər-vē-ən(t)s
1
: a subordinate place or function
2
: obedience befitting one of a menial position
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