You may be plagued with indecisiveness or revert to emotional "default" positions forged during childhood, such as submissiveness, rebellion or self-undermining behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Douglas LaBier: An Inside-Out Life: Protection From the Growing Backlash -- Part 1] Reference
The letter additionally criticized the ruling party of Prime Minister Donald Tusk for "submissiveness" toward Russia and acting like a "client" with Germany, adding that his. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
"submissiveness" following the crushing defeat of their chosen national leaders. From Wordnik.com. [The Register] Reference
Madeline's outbreak and subsequent submissiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Let the woman learn in silence with all submissiveness. From Wordnik.com. [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]
This has already been noted in connection with submissiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
Then he lowered them and spoke with respectful submissiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Levity is a national characteristic, but submissiveness is not. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
Don't mistake coolness and poise for submissiveness and servility. From Wordnik.com. [Dollars and Sense] Reference
Loyalty and total submissiveness were the only criteria for service. From Wordnik.com. [Death in Iraq] Reference
Even the girls who see submissiveness of their mothers begin to become scared of men. From Wordnik.com. [Maria Eitel: Before the World Economic Forum on Africa, the Continent's Youngest Leaders Discuss the Keys to Progress] Reference
One clause in the treaty crowned the royal submissiveness towards the powerful vassal. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
He cast the door wide open, and Annette with an amazing submissiveness passed through it. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Endued with great energy and great intelligence, Bhima showed his submissiveness to the king. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Will a daughter of a dominating father adopt a submissiveness that carries over into other parts of her life?. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Drexler: A Fathers' Instruction Manual: Understanding How Dad Affects How You Relate to Men at Work and in Your Life] Reference
The overwhelming vote of Democrats in favor of authorizing the Iraq War is an example of such submissiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Kovalik: The Loss of Democracy: The Deeper Meaning of McClellan's Revelations of Imperial Deceit & Media Submissiveness] Reference
Mr. Pontellier had been a rather courteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening] Reference
The last, called six years before under Wolsey's regime to obtain supplies, had shown a qualified submissiveness. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
In her recently acquired submissiveness, the disobeying of Miss Eliza to stay out in a rain seemed to have no attraction. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
At all times, these tyrants seek to incite, bribe or intimidate the people into a state of quiescence and submissiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Speech at the Iusy Festival 2000] Reference
Now that the captive had duly learned her first lesson in submissiveness, he might relax a little from his severity for a time. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
Despite the continuing submissiveness of the MSM to the official White House "line," the public is at last beginning to "get it.". From Wordnik.com. [A Perfect Storm] Reference
Mountain gestured toward Cornflower, who waited about twenty paces away, hands clasped and head lowered in perfect submissiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
You can't describe it because you wish to avoid the sexist cliches of feminine softness, kindness, caring, submissiveness and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13 - Stage Two] Reference
They have utterly corrupted the Congress, and cowed the people into submissiveness through control of the media and "the war on terror". From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Morality, and the 2006 Elections] Reference
Democratic party has always been a disciplined party, and nothing is more notorious in its history than its submissiveness to its leaders. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
There was something in the sway of her hips ... a false submissiveness to her sullen stance that struck a disturbing chord of recognition. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
Naturally working for and under white men, their industry, versatility and submissiveness have made many people think they were an inferior race. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 09, September, 1889] Reference
"" If you have vulnerabilities associated with low serotonin functioning -- guilt, submissiveness, low self-esteem -- you can learn to compensate for them. ''. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Help From Serotonin] Reference
But progress in these last-named is dependent on the utilization of men's submissiveness by leaders interested in the promotion of desirable social enterprises. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
We see that despotism nowhere denies its own nature: the more a despot deceives and abuses his people, the more submissiveness and faithfulness he demands of them. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
"You don't sufficiently appreciate yourself," they say, "you are yourself the cause of your being put upon in this way, through your constant submissiveness and humility.". From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
But something of the same humility and submissiveness is exhibited every time a man makes a choice which places the welfare of other people before his own immediate success. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
The Grafton Ministry showed nothing but an irritated intention to maintain imperial supremacy by insisting on the taxes and demanding submissiveness on the part of the assemblies. From Wordnik.com. [The Wars Between England and America] Reference
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