submissiveness

Noun

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submissiveness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being submissive.

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Examples

What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women. Clara Zetkin

Calling and freedom were to him two sides of the same thing. But in this he misjudged the world; he did not realize that his submissiveness and self-sacrifice could be exploited for evil ends. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In the pedagogical as in certain other spheres freedom is not allowed to erupt, the power of the opposition is not allowed to put a word in edgewise: they want submissiveness. Max Stirner

What then is the content of the concept of God common to all monotheistic religions? What remains, it seems, is only the emotional content: the highest enthusiasm and respect, humility and submissiveness. Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz

Vengeance is not the most noble activity, but submissiveness is worse. Jack Vance

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