Meaning & use
submissive
Readily giving in to the will or authority of another person, without resistance.
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The new employee seemed submissive, agreeing with every suggestion from his boss.
Years of harsh training had made the animal unusually submissive.
A note on using this word
Can describe either a positive trait like cooperation or a negative one like a lack of healthy self-assertion, depending on context.
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