Servility
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /səˈvɪ.lɪ.ti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Servility is a noun meaning The condition of being servile.
Meaning
The condition of being servile.
Example Sentences
Yossarian went along in Milo Minderbinder's speeding M & M staff car to police headquarters to meet a swarthy, untidy police commissioner with a narrow black mustache and unbuttoned tunic who was fiddling with a stout woman with warts and two chins when they entered his office and who greeted Milo with warm surprise and bowed and scraped in obscene servility as though Milo were some elegant marquis.
Word Forms
- servilities
Synonyms for servility
Depending on context, synonyms include subservience, obsequiousness.
Antonyms for servility
Common opposites include arrogance, autonomy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subservience, obsequiousness, fear, servience, servantcy, subservientness.
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