How to Pronounce "subservience"
word
səbˈsɝviəns
suhb-SUR-vee-uhns
sʌbsˈɜːviəns
sub-SUR-vee-uhns
Definition
Subservience is the quality or state of being very willing to obey others or to serve them, often to an excessive or uncritical degree.
IPA Transcription
American English
səbˈsɝviəns
British English
sʌbsˈɜːviəns
Simplified Pronunciation
US
suhb-SUR-vee-uhns
UK
sub-SUR-vee-uhns
Listen in Context
His subservience to his boss made him popular at first but unhappy later.
Some leaders demand total subservience from their followers.
Blind subservience is rarely respected by others.
There's a difference between cooperation and subservience.