submissive
adj/səbˈmɪsɪv/UK
Definitions
Meekly obedient or passive
Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
- Once oppression has been internalised, little force is needed to keep us submissive.
Desiring or engaging in sexual submission.
One who submits to a dominating partner in BDSM practices.
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One who submits.
- 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.
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- synonymbiddable
- synonymdocile
- synonymmeek
- synonymslavish
- synonymtimid
- synonymobedient
- synonymsubservient
- synonymcowed
- antonymdominant
- antonymdomineering
- antonymdefiant
- antonymrebellious
- neighborsubmit
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at submissive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at submissive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at submissive
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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