Meaning & Definition of Slavish in English
English⟶
Slavish
/slevɪʃ/
adjective
1. Blindly imitative
- "A slavish copy of the original"
synonym:
- slavish
2. Abjectly submissive
- Characteristic of a slave or servant
- "Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"
- "A slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- s.h.adams
- "She has become submissive and subservient"
synonym:
- slavish,
- subservient,
- submissive
Examples of using
Patriotism in its simple, clear and plain meaning is nothing else for the rulers as an instrument to achieve the power-hungry and self-serving purposes, and for managed people it is a denial of human dignity, reason, conscience, and slavish submission of themselves to those who are in power.