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Obsequiousness

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n. The quality of being obsequious

n. Servile compliance

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being obsequious.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The quality or state of being obsequious; ready obedience; prompt compliance with the commands of another; servile submission; officious or superserviceable readiness to serve.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. abject or cringing submissiveness

Word Usage

"Here’s how brazen Mr. Rumsfeld was when he invoked Hitler’s appeasers to score his cheap points: Since Hitler was photographed warmly shaking Neville Chamberlain’s hand at Munich in 1938, the only image that comes close to matching it in epochal obsequiousness is the December 1983 photograph of Mr. Rumsfeld himself in Baghdad, warmly shaking the hand of Saddam Hussein in full fascist regalia."

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submissiveness

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Words that are found in similar contexts

complaisance favouritism gregariousness peonage conscientiousness