how to pronounce submissive

/səbˈmɪsɪv/

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submissive is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of submissive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… men or dominant women are submissive but …”

meaning of submissive

Submissive means yielding to the will of another.

submissive frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word submissive occurs in english on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics submissive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that submissive can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;