resignedness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resignedness
Noun
  • Of course, all of this convenient acquiescence will sound familiar in the United States, where our own Congress and Department of Justice have been nothing if not servile to a brazenly corrupt executive.
    Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • Writing in the early 1890s, Nadar deployed Balzac’s reported initial mistrust and later acquiescence to the daguerreotype as an allegory of larger significance for understanding the history of invention.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Your Chinese colleague speaks softly in a meeting; is that cultural deference or introversion?
    Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Japan’s players, initially reverential to the point of deference in Zico’s presence, came out of their shells.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • The statement amounted to a complete submission to Thomas, who used her Tuesday media availability to blast Engelbert.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • With three different categories, judges from across the USA TODAY Network ranked each submission in order to narrow down the contest to just 30 finalists.
    Krista Johnson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Attraction is a function of parentage and looks and submissiveness.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • But for Coles, his indoctrination to law enforcement has been a different level of submissiveness.
    Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media’s AI policy.
    Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2026
  • And a final deal that lacks stringent verification procedures to monitor Iran’s compliance will not be worth the paper that it’s printed on.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Political leaders and regulators have failed in parallel, whether through misunderstanding, passivity, or fascination with the technology itself.
    Christopher Marquis, Time, 30 May 2026
  • Intellectual humility without curiosity becomes passivity.
    Mary Hemphill, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Those experiences appear to have reinforced the importance of humility inside the squad, even as outside expectations continue to grow.
    Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Pls take manhood seriously, approach it with care, responsibility, character, dignity, humility and make room for laughter.
    Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • And Jesus' answer is one takes it through meekness, peacemaking, humility, love, etc.
    Jason DeRose, NPR, 26 May 2026
  • Such meekness is understandable from him.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Resignedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resignedness. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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