submissive role

collocation in English

meaningsofsubmissiveandrole

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submissive
adjective
uk
/səbˈmɪs.ɪv/us
/səbˈmɪs.ɪv/
allowing yourself to be controlled by other people ...
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role
noun[C]
uk
/rəʊl/us
/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition ofsubmissiveandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubmissive role

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From this position, the buyer manipulates the turn-taking machinery to relegate the seller to an inferior,submissiverole, denying her access to the resources of conversation.
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It means that men still believe that they can treat women in that way and keep them in asubmissiverole.
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Fear of unemployment and a reserve army of labour is often enough to pacify a workforce into asubmissiverole.
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I felt totally powerless over my life, forced into a verysubmissiverolewhere all control of my life belonged to someone else.
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Finally, some people switch, taking either a dominant orsubmissiveroleon different occasions.
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Participants often took a dominant role in one encounter but asubmissiverolein another (a practice known as switching).
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Critics suggest that music-video models are typically placed in subordinate and submissive roles while male artists are shown in positions of power.
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She suggests that more submissive roles (i.e., conforming) are expected of individuals that hold low status roles.
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A scene between two switches can involve trading off the dominant or submissive roles, possibly several times.
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Ning dislikes being typecast as a typical female in magic who plays submissive roles to males and only performs magic with silks, flowers, umbrellas or rabbits.
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Wolf puppy play patterns demonstrate that puppies prefer to assume the dominant role in play (see dog behavior), and avoid the submissive roles such as being pinned.
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Finally, while women in factory settings are often unfairly demoted and forced into submissive roles, they are aware of their perceived lower status and do not accept it.
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