slavishness
Total subservient devotion
Slavishness is excessive subservience or blind devotion to another's will.
The word suggests an absence of independent thought or self-respect: the slavishness of his obedience to party leadership.
It can also describe unoriginal imitation: Critics noted the slavishness with which he copied the master's style.
Excessive insincere flattery
- grovelingDemeaning self-abasement before another
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- bootlickingServile flattery for advantage
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
kowtowing · toadying · cringing · ingratiating · subservience · brownnosing · lickspittle · yes-man
Gentle, unassertive disposition
- docilityReadiness to submit
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- passivityState of non-resistance
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
deference · yielding · resignation · timidity · pliability · tractability · unassertiveness · biddability
Reproducing something exactly
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- apingImitating closely
- parrotingMechanical verbal imitation
- emulationCopying to rival
derivativeness · unoriginality · echo · duplication · replication · formulaic · rote · mechanical
Gripping without release
- needinessExcessive emotional reliance
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- co-dependenceExcessive reliance on another
- relianceState of needing support
attachment · insecurity · vulnerability · inability · powerlessness · bondage · captivity · thralldom
fawning
Excessive insincere flattery
- grovelingDemeaning self-abasement before another
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- bootlickingServile flattery for advantage
sycophancy · kowtowing · toadying · cringing · ingratiating · subservience · brownnosing · lickspittle · yes-man · flunky
meekness
Gentle, unassertive disposition
- docilityReadiness to submit
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- passivityState of non-resistance
acquiescence · deference · yielding · resignation · timidity · pliability · tractability · unassertiveness · biddability · tameness
copying
Reproducing something exactly
emulation · derivativeness · unoriginality · echo · duplication · replication · formulaic · rote · mechanical · uninspired
clinging
Gripping without release
- needinessExcessive emotional reliance
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- co-dependenceExcessive reliance on another
reliance · attachment · insecurity · vulnerability · inability · powerlessness · bondage · captivity · thralldom · subjugation
slavishnessautonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
independence · self-determination · freedom · liberty · self-governance
slavishnessoriginality
Novel creative quality
creativity · inventiveness · nonconformism · iconoclasm · unconventionality
slavishnessdignity
Innate personal worth
self-respect · pride · nobility · self-possession · masterfulness
slave, slavery, slaves, enslave, slavish, enslaved, enslavement, slaver, slavishly