What does Submissive mean?
Definitions for Submissive
səbˈmɪs ɪvsub·mis·sive
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Submissive.
Princeton's WordNet
submissiveadjective
inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
"submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
slavish, subservient, submissiveadjective
abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
"slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"
Wiktionary
submissivenoun
one who submits
submissiveadjective
Meekly obedient or passive.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Submissiveadjective
Humble; testifying submission or inferiority.
Etymology: submissus, Lat.
On what submissive message art thou sent? William Shakespeare.
Her at his feet submissive in distress
He thus with peaceful words uprais’d. John Milton.Sudden from the golden throne,
With a submissive step I hasted down;
The glowing garland from my hair I took,
Love in my heart, obedience in my look. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
submissive
Deference (also called submission or passivity) is the condition of submitting to the espoused, legitimate influence of one's superior or superiors. Deference implies a yielding or submitting to the judgment of a recognized superior, out of respect or reverence. Deference has been studied extensively by political scientists, sociologists, and psychologists.
ChatGPT
submissive
Submissive is a term used to describe a person, behavior, or attitude characterized by willingness to yield to others' authority or will. It involves being compliant, obedient, or surrendering one's own desires or will and accepting or acknowledging the dominance or control of another. Submissiveness can often be seen in various contexts such as social dynamics, relationships, hierarchies, or even sexual behaviour.
Webster Dictionary
Submissiveadjective
inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble
Submissiveadjective
showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Submissive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Submissive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Submissive in a Sentence
He was totally compliant, submissive even still not enough to save him from the ferocious violence of the police department.
She was religious, but a very normal person as well. She was a very hardworking and submissive student. She never created any problem in the class. She was an obedient girl. I cannot even imagine how she could murder people.
When I started, the Japanese military would often beat me because I wasn't submissive, there are no words to describe my suffering. Even now. I can't live without medicine. I'm always in pain.
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.
Human beings are full of emotion, and the teacher who knows how to use it will have dedicated learners. It means sending dominant signals instead of submissive ones with your eyes, body and voice.
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- خاضعArabic
- poslušnýCzech
- underdanigDanish
- demütig, gehorsam, gefügig, fügsam, unterwürfigGerman
- υποτακτικόςGreek
- sumisoSpanish
- alistuvaFinnish
- soumisFrench
- submissiveIrish
- beasaghManx
- विनम्रHindi
- sottomessoItalian
- כָּנוּעַHebrew
- 服従的Japanese
- parebantLatin
- iroiro, iroMāori
- onderdanigDutch
- underdanigNorwegian
- uległyPolish
- docil, umil, supusRomanian
- смире́нный, послу́шный, поко́рныйRussian
- ödmjuk, lydig, undergiven, underdånigSwedish
- பணிந்துபோகின்றTamil
- boyun eğen, teslîmiyetçi, itaatli, itaatkâr, uysallıklaTurkish
- покірнийUkrainian
- مطمئنUrdu
- אונטערטעניקYiddish
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