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obsequiousness
[ uhb-see-kwee-uhs-nis ]
noun
- 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.
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Other Words From
- o·ver·ob·se·qui·ous·ness noun
- un·ob·se·qui·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of obsequiousness1
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Example Sentences
What would a monument to political obsequiousness look like?
But 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.
Resistance to power has shut the door of the House of Commons to one man; obsequiousness and servility, to none.
Evermore is parade and obsequiousness suspectable: it must show either a foolish head, or a knavish heart.
He hated obsequiousness, and hesitated whether to deal with the mayor courteously or brusquely.
This body-guard, with all external demonstrations of obsequiousness, watched him by night and by day, rendering escape impossible.
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