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slav⋅ish

  [sley-vish]
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–adjective
1. of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
2. being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive: He was slavish in his obedience.
3. base; mean; ignoble: slavish fears.
4. deliberately imitative; lacking originality: a slavish reproduction.
Origin:
1555–65; slave + -ish 1

Related forms:
slav⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
slav⋅ish⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. groveling, sycophantic, fawning, cringing. See servile.

Antonyms:
2. independent. 3. exalted.
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slav·ish   (slā'vĭsh)   
adj.  
  1. Of or characteristic of a slave or slavery; servile: Her slavish devotion to her job ruled her life.
  2. Showing no originality; blindly imitative: a slavish copy of the original.
slav'ish·ly adv., slav'ish·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slavish

Slav"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- Slav"ish*ly, adv. -- Slav"ish*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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