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slavish

 
Dictionary: slav·ish   (slā'vĭsh) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Of or characteristic of a slave or slavery; servile: Her slavish devotion to her job ruled her life.
  2. Showing no originality; blindly imitative: a slavish copy of the original.
slavishly slav'ish·ly adv.
slavishness slav'ish·ness n.
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Thesaurus: slavish
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adjective

  1. Excessively eager to serve or obey: menial, obsequious, servile, subservient. See over/under.
  2. Copying another in an inferior or obsequious way: apish, emulative, imitative. See same/different/compare.

 
WordNet: slavish
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: blindly imitative

Meaning #2: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
  Synonyms: subservient, submissive


 
Translations: Slavish
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - slavisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
slaafs, onderdanig

Français (French)
adj. - d'esclave, servile

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sklavisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δουλικός, δουλοπρεπής

Italiano (Italian)
servile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - submisso (f), servil, vil

Русский (Russian)
раболепный, подражательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - servil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - slavisk, trälaktig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
奴隶的, 奴隶根性的, 奴性的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 奴隸的, 奴隸根性的, 奴性的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 노예의, 천한, 흉내내는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 奴隷のような, 奴隷根性の, 卑屈な, 原型通りの, 独創性のない, 奴隷の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وضيع, ذو علاقه بالارقاء, رقيقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כעבד, מתרפס, שפל, אינו מגלה שום מאמץ להתפתח או להיות מקורי‬


 
 
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