Antonyms for submissiveness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suhb-mis-iv

Phonetic Transcription : səbˈmɪs ɪv

Definition of submissiveness

Origin : 1580s, "inclined to submit," from Latin submiss-, past participle stem of submittere (see submission) + -ive. Masochistic sexual sense is attested by 1969. As a noun in this sense, by 1985. Related: Submissively; submissiveness.

noun obedience

Example sentences :

Don't mistake coolness and poise for submissiveness and servility.
Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter

The boldness and the submissiveness of devotion are both throbbing in that "Why?"
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1 » by A. Maclaren

His submissiveness to Sofya Andreyevna I regard not as a virtue but as a weakness.
Extract from : « The Last Days of Tolstoy » by V. G. Chertkov

But the submissiveness of the Egyptians had a very different origin.
Extract from : « Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day » by Haji A. Browne

Yet the Huguenots, with all their submissiveness, were not thought sincere.
Extract from : « The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century » by Charles Bastide

If submissiveness ceased, it would be all over with lordship.
Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner

My humility makes its courage, my submissiveness gives it its dominion.
Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner

The lady looked all deprecation and submissiveness, but said nothing.
Extract from : « Gabriel Conroy » by Bert Harte

Athalie carried her submissiveness to servility, in the presence of Timéa and the major.
Extract from : « Timar's Two Worlds » by Mr Jkai

Frank had not been distinguished for submissiveness hitherto.
Extract from : « None Other Gods » by Robert Hugh Benson

Synonyms for submissiveness

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