submissive
adjective
inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient.
submissiveness
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a word derived from
submissive.
Example Sentences
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And to specifically bring it back to Douthat’s dubious query, Diarra — either of them — is precisely the kind of woman who puts the lie to fantasies about female submissiveness.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
But his ease in doing so—the submissiveness of so many institutions here at home—swayed him into thinking the world would fall in line with similar pliance.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2025
In an email last week to members, church elders said Mr. Chandler “completed everything asked of him with submissiveness, steadfastness and humility, and we have received positive feedback from all involved.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
Sloane’s story concludes with the suggestion, subtly conveyed by Taddeo, that her submissiveness may be an effect of trauma, which renders even this successful libertine entrepreneur in thrall to some force beyond herself.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 10, 2019
Mr. Pontellier had been a rather couteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
