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"english": "ruling",
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"english": "ignoring",
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"ref": "1756, Edmund Burke, The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, G. Bell & sons, page 314",
"text": "The powerful managers for government were not sufficiently submissive to the pleasure of the possessors of immediate and personal favour, sometimes from a confidence in their own strength natural and acquired; sometimes from a fear of offending their friends, and weakening that lead in the country, which gave them a consideration independent of the court.",
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"text": "If the human being who answers these tendencies assumes a submissive behavior, in essence a lowering of head and shoulders, wavering glance, absence of all preparations for attack, general weakening of muscle tonus, and hesitancy in movement, the movements of attempt at mastery become modified into attempts at the more obvious swagger, strut and glare of triumph."
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"ref": "2007, Brian Watermeyer, Disability and Social Change: A South African Agenda, HSRC Press, page 269",
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"word": "خَاضِع"
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "服從的"
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"roman": "fúcóng de",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"word": "eyðmjúkur"
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"word": "lýðin"
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"word": "alistuva"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "nöyrä"
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "submissiv"
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"word": "כָּנוּעַ"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "sottomesso"
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"roman": "fukujūteki na",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"note": "as a result of punishment",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "bēogol"
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"code": "gmq-osw",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "lȳdhoger"
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"code": "gmq-osw",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "submisívny"
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "undergiven"
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"word": "boyun eğen"
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"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
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"tags": [
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],
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}
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "biddable"
},
{
"word": "docile"
},
{
"word": "meek"
},
{
"word": "slavish"
},
{
"word": "timid"
},
{
"word": "obedient"
},
{
"word": "subservient"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵāḍiʕ",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "خَاضِع"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "müti"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pakórlivy",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "пако́рлівы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pokoren",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "покорен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smiren",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "смирен"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "服從的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fúcóng de",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "服从的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "pokorný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "poddajný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "submisivní"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "onderdanig"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "cedema"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "submetiĝema"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "eftirgevin"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "undirbrotligur"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "eyðmjúkur"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "lýðin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "alistuva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "nöyrästi myöntyvä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "nöyrä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "soumis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "submissiv"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "unterwürfig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "demütig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "fügsam"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "gefügig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "gehorsam"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kanúa",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "כָּנוּעַ"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "sottomesso"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukujūteki na",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "服従的な"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "M (M)"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "obnoxius"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "summissus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pokoren",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "покорен"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "beasagh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "as a result of punishment",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "iro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "as a result of punishment",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "iroiro"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "hoołtsoodii"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "bēogol"
},
{
"code": "gmq-osw",
"lang": "Old Swedish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "lȳdhoger"
},
{
"code": "gmq-osw",
"lang": "Old Swedish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "undirdānogher"
},
{
"code": "gmq-osw",
"lang": "Old Swedish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "undirgivin"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "pokorny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "uległy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "submisso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "submissivo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "supus"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "docil"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "umil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokórnyj",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "поко́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smirénnyj",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "смире́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslúšnyj",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "послу́шный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "покоран"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "pokoran"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "submisívny"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "sumiso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "undergiven"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "underdånig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "lydig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "boyun eğen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "itaatkâr"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "itaatli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "teslîmiyetçi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "uysallıkla"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pokirnyj",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "покірний"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "pokorny"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "podwólny"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nikhnedik",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "ניכנעדיק"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "untergevorfn",
"sense": "meekly obedient or passive",
"word": "אונטערגעוואָרפֿן"
}
],
"word": "submissive"
}
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"English 3-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"en:People",
"en:Personality"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "submissives",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "submissive (plural submissives)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:BDSM"
],
"glosses": [
"One who submits to a dominant partner in BDSM practices."
],
"links": [
[
"BDSM",
"BDSM"
],
[
"dominant",
"dominant"
],
[
"partner",
"partner"
]
],
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"(BDSM) One who submits to a dominant partner in BDSM practices."
],
"topics": [
"BDSM",
"lifestyle",
"sexuality"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
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{
"ref": "1961, William Compton Brown, The Indian side of the story",
"text": "These \"submissives\" continued to go along as near as possible following the old routine of their lives and did no overt act to annoy any of the parties of whites that persisted in traveling through their country.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One who submits."
],
"links": [
[
"submit",
"submit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) One who submits."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/səbˈmɪsɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person submitting to a partner",
"word": "subulo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person submitting to a partner",
"word": "passif"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kanúa",
"sense": "person submitting to a partner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "כָּנוּעַ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person submitting to a partner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sumiso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person submitting to a partner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sumisa"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "nikhne",
"sense": "person submitting to a partner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ניכנע"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "untergevorfener",
"sense": "person submitting to a partner",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אונטערגעוואָרפֿענער"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "untergevorfene",
"sense": "person submitting to a partner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אונטערגעוואָרפֿענע"
}
],
"word": "submissive"
}
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