subordinateness

noun

as in deference

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subordinateness
  1. deference
  2. humility
  3. meekness
  4. subservience
  5. surrender
  6. acquiescence
  7. docility
  8. servility
Noun
  • In Asia, most markets carry a strong tradition of hierarchy and deference to leadership.
    — Ryoji Sekido, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Jeff Bezos is one of the richest men in the world, so he’s used to being treated with certain deference and most doors being open to him.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of deference
Noun
  • Creating value now requires curiosity, humility and learning agility.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Modern psychology calls the willingness to reconsider our assumptions intellectual humility.
    — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of humility
Noun
  • Strive for self-abnegation, justice, meekness, mercy, purity, love.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2026
  • And Jesus' answer is one takes it through meekness, peacemaking, humility, love, etc.
    — Jason DeRose, NPR, 26 May 2026
Definition of meekness
Noun
  • Dealing with the British, his Tenzing is scrupulous and honorable, but don’t confuse that with subservience.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The women had been close friends while studying for their doctorates some years earlier, but Catherine has since grown resentful of Leonora’s career, and dismissive of women whose scholarly ambitions come before marital subservience.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Definition of subservience
Noun
  • When threats don’t speed wins In the pursuit of surrender, or at least a ceasefire, the promise of crushing defeat has rarely been enticing.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Winston Churchill did not surrender to Germany, nor should Zelenskyy surrender to Putin.
    — Alfred H. Moses, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of surrender
Noun
  • There are similar issues in competitive races in Kansas, Iowa and Ohio, where Republican acquiescence could hurt the party on Election Day as their constituents face factory layoffs, farm foreclosures and higher prices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Their acquiescence to this encroachment on their powers has made these politicians increasingly dependent on a dysfunctional national government.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of acquiescence
Noun
  • Carlson-Wee introduces himself to Wood with the sweet docility of a young boy meeting his hero.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The same goes for docility, often characterized as a near neighbor of meekness.
    — Timothy J. Pawl, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of docility
Noun
  • Though the national independence be blurred by the servility of individuals, though freedom and equality have been proclaimed only to leave room for a monstrous display of slave-dealing and slave-keeping .
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Definition of servility
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