Obedient
adjective
Doing what you are told to do.
The dog was obedient and followed all its master's commands.
Often appears as...
- obedient child
- obedient dog
adjective
Doing what you are told to do.
The dog was obedient and followed all its master's commands.
Often appears as...
- obedient child
- obedient dog
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
The word 'obedient' often has a positive meaning, showing approval for following rules or directions.
Her obedient nature made her a favorite among her teachers.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Good
'Obedient' can be negative if it suggests someone is too willing to follow orders without thinking.
He was so obedient that he never questioned the unfair rules.
Pro Tip 3/3Anthropomorphism
When used for animals, 'obedient' gives them human-like qualities, called anthropomorphism.
The obedient parrot recited phrases on cue.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
The word 'obedient' often has a positive meaning, showing approval for following rules or directions.
Her obedient nature made her a favorite among her teachers.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Good
'Obedient' can be negative if it suggests someone is too willing to follow orders without thinking.
He was so obedient that he never questioned the unfair rules.
Pro Tip 3/3Anthropomorphism
When used for animals, 'obedient' gives them human-like qualities, called anthropomorphism.
The obedient parrot recited phrases on cue.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
The word 'obedient' often has a positive meaning, showing approval for following rules or directions.
Her obedient nature made her a favorite among her teachers.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Good
'Obedient' can be negative if it suggests someone is too willing to follow orders without thinking.
He was so obedient that he never questioned the unfair rules.
Pro Tip 3/3Anthropomorphism
When used for animals, 'obedient' gives them human-like qualities, called anthropomorphism.
The obedient parrot recited phrases on cue.
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
wasn't willing to take amelia had decided at a very young age she was never going to get married or at least she if she did get married she wasn't going to be a stay-at-home obedient mom she was going to have a life of her own of purpose and action amelia's young adult life was filled with finding that purpose in action she
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The psychology of evil PIPE...
to blindly obey authority, to go all the way to 450 volts. And it's like a dial on human nature. A dial in a sense that you can make almost everybody totally obedient, down to the majority, down to none. What are the external parallels? For all research is artificial. What's the validity in the real world?
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What we don't know about...
She was obedient, she did whatever her parents wanted. She tried to do everything right. She married some guy that her parents chose for her, even though he beat and raped her constantly. And when she tried to go to her family for help, they said, "Well, you got to go back and be a better wife."
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The rise and fall of the...
The division was meant to be temporary, but the former allies found themselves at odds over their visions for post-war Europe. While Western powers promoted liberal market economies, the Soviet Union sought to surround itself with obedient Communist nations,
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Why do people join...
that shapes a new member into a true believer. And most importantly, it uses both formal and informal systems of influence and control to keep members obedient, with little tolerance for internal disagreement or external scrutiny.
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Jumping Border Collie PIPE...
was to move away from her because it fear that she's gonna hurt me Dannan showed me when you step in she doesn't like that she moves back there and then she would sit very obediently I tried that a few times it was amazing
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
Equally critical is that the measure of how free a society is is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens, but how it treats its dissidents and those who resist orthodoxy. But the most important reason
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Margaret Heffernan: The...
the very obedient, good soldier who found those photographs and handed them in. And he said, "You know, I'm not the kind of guy to rat people out, but some things just cross the line. Ignorance is bliss, they say,
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Can stereotypes ever be...
In fact, the phrase “model minority” was coined by one such article from 1966. But this article, and others like it, didn’t just cast Asian Americans as an obedient and respectful “model minority."
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Emperor Tamarin Families...
has twins and she persuades two males to help look after them their mother carries them with the two fathers neither certainly paternity obediently
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
wasn't willing to take amelia had decided at a very young age she was never going to get married or at least she if she did get married she wasn't going to be a stay-at-home obedient mom she was going to have a life of her own of purpose and action amelia's young adult life was filled with finding that purpose in action she
Video examples
The psychology of evil PIPE...
to blindly obey authority, to go all the way to 450 volts. And it's like a dial on human nature. A dial in a sense that you can make almost everybody totally obedient, down to the majority, down to none. What are the external parallels? For all research is artificial. What's the validity in the real world?
Video examples
What we don't know about...
She was obedient, she did whatever her parents wanted. She tried to do everything right. She married some guy that her parents chose for her, even though he beat and raped her constantly. And when she tried to go to her family for help, they said, "Well, you got to go back and be a better wife."
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
The division was meant to be temporary, but the former allies found themselves at odds over their visions for post-war Europe. While Western powers promoted liberal market economies, the Soviet Union sought to surround itself with obedient Communist nations,
Video examples
Why do people join...
that shapes a new member into a true believer. And most importantly, it uses both formal and informal systems of influence and control to keep members obedient, with little tolerance for internal disagreement or external scrutiny.
Video examples
Jumping Border Collie PIPE...
was to move away from her because it fear that she's gonna hurt me Dannan showed me when you step in she doesn't like that she moves back there and then she would sit very obediently I tried that a few times it was amazing
Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
Equally critical is that the measure of how free a society is is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens, but how it treats its dissidents and those who resist orthodoxy. But the most important reason
Video examples
Margaret Heffernan: The...
the very obedient, good soldier who found those photographs and handed them in. And he said, "You know, I'm not the kind of guy to rat people out, but some things just cross the line. Ignorance is bliss, they say,
Video examples
Can stereotypes ever be...
In fact, the phrase “model minority” was coined by one such article from 1966. But this article, and others like it, didn’t just cast Asian Americans as an obedient and respectful “model minority."
Video examples
Emperor Tamarin Families...
has twins and she persuades two males to help look after them their mother carries them with the two fathers neither certainly paternity obediently
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Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God's will.
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Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
Even if we're not doing anything wrong, there are certain things we want to do that we don't think can withstand the scrutinizing eye of other people. And those are often the most important things that we do. The things we do when other people are watching are things that are conformist, obedient, normal, and unnotable.
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Joseph Prince
Clergyman
The more I thought to myself, 'Are my thoughts right, am I being obedient enough?' the worse it was... one of the most painful things you can experience in life is not so much physical pain, but being self-occupied. Because to the extent you are self-occupied, that's the extent you will be in pain.
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Tullian Tchividjian
American Clergyman
A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we think we deserve because of our obedient performance.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our will but rather an obedient response to the reality of our being united.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
All parents hope and pray that their children will make wise decisions. Children who are obedient and responsible bring to their parents unending pride and satisfaction.
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Davy Crockett
American Explorer
You will find me standing up to my rack, as the people's faithful representative, and the public's most obedient, very humble servant.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
English Poet
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
I like chicken a lot because chicken is generous - that is to say, it's obedient. It will do whatever you tell it to do.
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Charles Stanley
American Clergyman
You have to have courage to be obedient to God.
Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God's will.
Quote examples
Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
Even if we're not doing anything wrong, there are certain things we want to do that we don't think can withstand the scrutinizing eye of other people. And those are often the most important things that we do. The things we do when other people are watching are things that are conformist, obedient, normal, and unnotable.
Quote examples
Joseph Prince
Clergyman
The more I thought to myself, 'Are my thoughts right, am I being obedient enough?' the worse it was... one of the most painful things you can experience in life is not so much physical pain, but being self-occupied. Because to the extent you are self-occupied, that's the extent you will be in pain.
Quote examples
Tullian Tchividjian
American Clergyman
A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we think we deserve because of our obedient performance.
Quote examples
Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our will but rather an obedient response to the reality of our being united.
Quote examples
James E. Faust
American Clergyman
All parents hope and pray that their children will make wise decisions. Children who are obedient and responsible bring to their parents unending pride and satisfaction.
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Davy Crockett
American Explorer
You will find me standing up to my rack, as the people's faithful representative, and the public's most obedient, very humble servant.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
English Poet
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
I like chicken a lot because chicken is generous - that is to say, it's obedient. It will do whatever you tell it to do.
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Charles Stanley
American Clergyman
You have to have courage to be obedient to God.
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