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adjective
1.
inclined or ready to submit; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
2.
marked by or indicating submission: a submissive reply.
Related forms
sub·mis·sive·ly, adverb
sub·mis·sive·ness, noun
non·sub·mis·sive, adjective
non·sub·mis·sive·ly, adverb
non·sub·mis·sive·ness, noun
EXPANDqua·si-sub·mis·sive, adjective
qua·si-sub·mis·sive·ly, adverb
un·sub·mis·sive, adjective
un·sub·mis·sive·ly, adverb
un·sub·mis·sive·ness, noun
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. tractable, compliant, pliant, amenable. 2. passive, resigned, patient, docile, tame, subdued.
1. tractable, compliant, pliant, amenable. 2. passive, resigned, patient, docile, tame, subdued.
Antonyms
1. rebellious, disobedient.
1. rebellious, disobedient.
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Word Origin & History
submissive
1580s, "inclined to submit," from L. submiss-, pp. stem of submittere (see submission) + -ive. Masochistic sexual sense is attested by 1969. As a noun in this sense, by 1985. Related: Submissively; submissiveness.
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