subservient

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The author is Delhi based Research Scholar in International Studies and can be reached at December 14th, 2008 at 6: 23 pm yes zakaria is what i would call in urdu a chudoo, politely translated to 'subservient' - just towing the official line. have you ever heard of someone saying at the introduction

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  1. adjective Subordinate in capacity or function.
  2. adjective Obsequious; servile.
  3. adjective Useful as a means or an instrument; serving to promote an end.

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  • He is subservient, and always ready to give up what is his due. —  In Those Days
  • A teacher in Oregon has declared that classic American novels depicting African Americans as poorly educated and subservient, or simply highlighting the existence of racial prejudice in society, should be removed from high school reading lists now that a black man has become U.S. President. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • "Tweety" has always been annoying, but his subservient, almost worshipful attitude towards Barack Obama was so unbelievable that it was almost like he was doing some kind of year long performance piece. —  Right Wing News
  • Indicative of our more "subservient" roles in life, we were relegated to dresses and skirts, even when doing physical labor, such as harvesting crops on a farm. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • And Team Edward is comprised of narrow-minded fangirls who are subservient, into co-dependency and have no sense of originality (hence their need to quote stuff mentioned in the book like Juliet / Paris as examples and not noticing that Bella / Edward spend 67\% of the books gazing soulfully into each others eyes and proclaiming undying love ad nauseum). —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin subserviēns, subservient-, present participle of subservīre, to subserve; see subserve.

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  1. from Latin subservien(t-)s, present participle of subservire, subserve: see subserve.
 

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/səbˈsərvɪənt/
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