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anticipatory obedience

noun

Etymology

Semantic calque of German vorauseilender Gehorsam (literally “running ahead/in front of obediently”). Constructed from anticipatory + obedience.

  1. derived from oboedientia
  2. derived from obedience
  3. derived from obedience
  4. inherited from obedience
  5. formed as anticipatory obedience — “anticipatory + obedience”

Definitions

  1. A situation where one attempts to predict expectations others (particularly superiors)…

    A situation where one attempts to predict expectations others (particularly superiors) have, without explicit communication, and to fulfill (or exceed) those expectations.

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