Servility
noun
A behavior that is shamelessly willing to please others.
The waiter served the obnoxious customer with a display of servility.
Often appears as...
- showing servility
- act of servility
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Disapproving
noun
A behavior that is shamelessly willing to please others.
The waiter served the obnoxious customer with a display of servility.
Often appears as...
- showing servility
- act of servility
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Servility often has a negative tone, suggesting excessive or inappropriate willingness to serve.
His servility at work earned him scorn rather than respect.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Complimentary
Using 'servility' usually implies disapproval; it's not considered a positive trait.
Her servility towards the boss made other employees uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
Servility indicates an imbalance of power, where one person acts inferior to another.
The intern's servility was evident when he wouldn't even sit without permission.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Servility often has a negative tone, suggesting excessive or inappropriate willingness to serve.
His servility at work earned him scorn rather than respect.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Complimentary
Using 'servility' usually implies disapproval; it's not considered a positive trait.
Her servility towards the boss made other employees uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
Servility indicates an imbalance of power, where one person acts inferior to another.
The intern's servility was evident when he wouldn't even sit without permission.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Servility often has a negative tone, suggesting excessive or inappropriate willingness to serve.
His servility at work earned him scorn rather than respect.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Complimentary
Using 'servility' usually implies disapproval; it's not considered a positive trait.
Her servility towards the boss made other employees uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 3/3Power Dynamics
Servility indicates an imbalance of power, where one person acts inferior to another.
The intern's servility was evident when he wouldn't even sit without permission.
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The difference between...
based on natural history, black people by nature are predisposed to slavery and servility. This is nature's law. I'm not racist. I'm actually doing what nature said I'm supposed to be doing."
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The difference between...
based on natural history, black people by nature are predisposed to slavery and servility. This is nature's law. I'm not racist. I'm actually doing what nature said I'm supposed to be doing."
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Quote examples
James Madison
American President
By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt.
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Georges Bataille
French Writer
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
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Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.
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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.
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Joe Kaeser
German Businessman
One must not mix up prudence with gestures of servility.
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Tina Brown
American Editor
Servility always curdles into rage in the end.
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James Madison
American President
By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt.
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Georges Bataille
French Writer
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
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Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.
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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.
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Joe Kaeser
German Businessman
One must not mix up prudence with gestures of servility.
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Tina Brown
American Editor
Servility always curdles into rage in the end.
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