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Recent Examples of subservience
The earmark of empire is the subservience of liberty to ultra-inflated national security fears to protect us from ghosts.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Loyalty, obsequiousness and subservience to Harris is, but now his service has become an issue.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2024
In fact, this exact effect is part of the reason that so many Soviet-style autocrats—the kind Trump so admires— eventually fail: governments that run on political subservience get dragged down by the Peter Principle, like a sea monster sucking its victim into the icy depths.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
The role allowed Rossellini to embody subservience and authority through a reserved yet respectful demeanor.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Loyalty, obsequiousness and subservience to Harris is, but now his service has become an issue.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2024
In fact, this exact effect is part of the reason that so many Soviet-style autocrats—the kind Trump so admires— eventually fail: governments that run on political subservience get dragged down by the Peter Principle, like a sea monster sucking its victim into the icy depths.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
The role allowed Rossellini to embody subservience and authority through a reserved yet respectful demeanor.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subservience
Noun
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Small states have risen to power on first-mover advantages, often with the acquiescence or benign neglect of larger states.—
Kurt M. Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Apr. 2025
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The acquiescence stunned House Democrats, who had voted almost unanimously against the bill earlier in the week and expected Schumer and the Senate Democrats to follow suit.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
18 Mar. 2025
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Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.—
Lesley M.M. Blume,
Town & Country,
6 Dec. 2022
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Sammy’s awareness of his mother’s infidelity, his father’s complaisance, and how both were relieved by his creative Boy Scout merit-badge projects and fantasies requires a separate article.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Nov. 2022
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After all, this will go to the very Supreme Court that declared, when overruling Chevron, that courts owe no deference to the executive branch when interpreting statutes.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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With an about-face and flattery, executives hoped this time around that Mr. Trump might show tech more deference, including it in his efforts to deregulate industries like energy and autos.—
Cecilia Kang,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Subservience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subservience. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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