obsequiousness
slavish or fawning obedience or excessive eagerness to please: Once they’d gained self-respect through education, women were no longer willing to show obsequiousness or blind obedience.
Origin of obsequiousness
1Other words from obsequiousness
- o·ver·ob·se·qui·ous·ness, noun
- un·ob·se·qui·ous·ness, noun
Words Nearby obsequiousness
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How to use obsequiousness in a sentence
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Conservatives Prepare to Boss Romney Around | Noah Kristula-Green | March 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut there was more to this obsequiousness than the weakness of one officer.
Nothing could rouse him out of his tame civility, which had been taken more than once for obsequiousness.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodResistance to power has shut the door of the House of Commons to one man; obsequiousness and servility, to none.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents | Edmund BurkeEvermore is parade and obsequiousness suspectable: it must show either a foolish head, or a knavish heart.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel Richardson
He hated obsequiousness, and hesitated whether to deal with the mayor courteously or brusquely.
The Cruise of the "Lively Bee" | John De MorganThis body-guard, with all external demonstrations of obsequiousness, watched him by night and by day, rendering escape impossible.
Hernando Cortez | John S. C. Abbott
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