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
  • Your Chinese colleague speaks softly in a meeting; is that cultural deference or introversion?
    — Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Japan’s players, initially reverential to the point of deference in Zico’s presence, came out of their shells.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of deference
Noun
  • LaNasa told Horst the key to tapping into Dana’s character is finding humility.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 8 July 2026
  • Balogun, after all, had done and said all the right things, acting with restraint and humility, despite having been harshly sent off.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Definition of humility
Noun
  • And Jesus' answer is one takes it through meekness, peacemaking, humility, love, etc.
    — Jason DeRose, NPR, 26 May 2026
  • Such meekness is understandable from him.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of meekness
Noun
  • 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
  • These young ladies are primed for a life of modesty and subservience to their husbands and the future fathers of their children.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Definition of subservience
Noun
  • Bank in, low block, surrender possession, everyone behind the ball, defend for your lives, play on the counter, hope for a set piece — there’s nothing wrong with any of that.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Hingham is the birthplace of Major General Benjamin Lincoln — George Washington’s second-in-command, who famously accepted the British surrender at Yorktown — and home to the direct ancestors of Abraham Lincoln.
    — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 4 July 2026
Definition of surrender
Noun
  • Less money coming into government coffers also means fewer goodies for the population of Moscow, whose acquiescence Putin desperately needs.
    — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 30 June 2026
  • But the balance of risks has changed Europe’s era of acquiescence is over.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 22 June 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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