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Obsequiousness

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.

uncountable, usually

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Examples

“The crusty portier and the crusty clerks gave us the surly reception which their kind deal⟳ out in prosperous times, but by mollifying them with an extra display of obsequiousness and servility we finally got them to show⟳ us to the room which our boy had engaged for us.”
“The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become⟳ America’s most repulsive public figure⟳.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Obsequiousnesses obsequity Obsequy observability Observable observable universe

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