servility
noun
1 servility
Abject or cringing submissiveness.
synonyms: obsequiousness, subservience.
Roget 886:
servility;
slavery
etc.
(subjection)
749;
obsequiousness
etc.
adj.;
subserviency;
abasement;
prostration,
prosternation†;
genuflection
etc.
(worship)
990;
fawning
etc.
v.;
tuft-hunting,
timeserving†,
flunkeyism†;
sycophancy
etc.
(flattery)
933;
humility
etc.
879.
sycophant,
parasite;
toad,
toady,
toad-eater;
tufthunter†;
snob,
flunky,
flunkey,
yes-man,
lapdog,
spaniel,
lickspittle,
smell-feast,
Graeculus esuriens [Lat.],
hanger on,
cavaliere servente [It],
led captain,
carpet knight;
timeserver,
fortune hunter,
Vicar of Bray,
Sir-Pertinax,
Max Sycophant,
pickthank†;
flatterer
etc.
935;
doer of dirty work;
ame damnee [Fr.],
tool;
reptile;
slave
etc.
(servant)
746;
courtier;
beat [Slang],
dead beat [Slang],
doughface [U.S.],
heeler [U.S.],
homme de cour [Fr.],
sponger,
sucker [Slang],
tagtail†,
truckler.
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Dutch: slaafsheid, overdienstigheid
Polish: służalstwo, serwilizm, służalczość, lokajstwo
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