obsequiousness n. 奉承
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obsequiousness[ noun ]
abject or cringing submissiveness
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Obsequiousness \Ob*se"qui*ous*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being obsequious. --South.
- Their post-war caution toward the Soviets gave rise to the term "Finlandization" as a synonym for obsequiousness in a country's foreign policy.