Synonyms for submissiveness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suhb-mis-iv |
| Phonetic Transcription : səbˈmɪs ɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for submissiveness
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for submissiveness
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