Definition
Too eager to please or obey others; showing the attitude of someone who lacks independence or dignity in their servitude.
Etymology
From Latin 'servilis' derived from 'servus' (slave). The Romans used this word to describe the attitude expected of enslaved people.
Kelly Says
The word 'servile' captures something psychologists call 'learned helplessness'—when people are treated as subservient for so long they actually start believing they're inferior, which is why dignity in resistance matters!
Translations
AFAfrikaans
servile
servile
BGБългарски
servile
servile
CSČeština
servile
servile
DEDeutsch
unterwürfig
unterwürfig
ELΕλληνικά
servile
servile
EUEuskara
servile
servile
FRFrançais
servile
servile
HRHrvatski
servile
servile
IDBahasa Indonesia
servile
servile
ITItaliano
servile
servile
LTLietuvių
servile
servile
LVLatviešu
servile
servile
MSBahasa Melayu
servile
servile
NLNederlands
onderdanig
onderdanig
NONorsk
underdanig
underdanig
PLPolski
niewolniczy
niewolniczy
PTPortuguês
servil
servil
RUРусский
рабский
рабский
SKSlovenčina
servile
servile
SLSlovenščina
servile
servile
SVSvenska
underdånig
underdånig
SWKiswahili
servile
servile
UKУкраїнська
servile
servile