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Servile 1100 Words You Need Week 37 Day 1

Servile 1100 Words You Need Week 37 Day 1

Servile 1100 Words You Need Week 37 Day 1

/ˈsɜː.vaɪl/ US /ˈsɝː.vəl/ (adj)

too eager to serve and please other people unreasonably, obsequious, sycophantic, subservient, fawning, ingratiating, groveling, toadyish, slavish, bootlicking, apple polishing, submissive, flattering

Really, this is the shape of the argument. Actually, it’s not much of an argument. It’s more a string of assertions. What is fascinating is that it reflects a mindset. In this mindset, there is no indication of any effort to worry these assertions. Assertions are presented as simple truths, as the way things are and entirely consistent with the way things ought to be. Masters control all things servile. Anyone employed is servile. Ergo, faculty are servile, and should be servile, and the world is good when they are servile. Woot.

Source: https://researchenterprise.org/

Antonym: proud

Noun: servility, servileness

Adverb: servilely


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