Definitions for submissive
səbˈmɪs ɪvsub·mis·sive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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"

2. 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 4 votes

1. submissivenoun

   one who submits

2. submissiveadjective

   Meekly obedient or passive.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Submissiveadjective

   inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble

2. Submissiveadjective

   showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of submissive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of submissive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of submissive in a Sentence

1. Elissa Wall:

   I was now the property of my cousin. And no matter how resistant I was to him, his job was to get me into submission as quickly as possible… Then the sexual abuse came later as he started to force himself on me and force that my role as a wife was to be at his beck and call and to have his children. And when I became resistant to that, then the physical abuse started to take over. And I think the frustration of my cousin, his frustration of being judged for not being a good man because his wife wasn’t submissive and she wasn’t good — that all compounded the problem. i felt like something was going terribly wrong.

2. Jarrett Maupin:

   He was totally compliant, submissive even still not enough to save him from the ferocious violence of the police department.

3. Joseph de Maistre:

   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.

4. Paige Patterson:

   You have to do what you can at home to be submissive in every way that you can and to elevate him.

5. Kim Bok-dong:

   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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=submissive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Submissive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=submissive
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submissive
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submissive