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slavish [ˈsleɪvɪʃ] ADJ

1. slavish (unoriginal):

slavish
pouco original

2. slavish (servile):

slavish
servil

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English
In attacks on him with comedy he is represented as being of slavish and foreign background, both of which are improbable.
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The slavish adherence to guidance, combined with an increasing culture of defensiveness, risked turning midwives into "unthinking automatons," she warned.
www.telegraph.co.uk
However, it rejected a slavish use of ring-roads around large towns.
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The imitation is never slavish.
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But he ruled that the plaintiff, by its own admission, had performed slavish copying, which did not qualify for copyright protection.
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Outside of fashion, the song's title has remained a metaphor for slavish conformity, but in a more positive sense as an analogy for the growth of online social networks.
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He did not want to promote a system of slavish adherence to a deontology.
blogs.crikey.com.au
Innovation and incentives have been found to achieve overall public policy objectives more effectively than slavish dedication to outdated rules, backed up by inadequate enforcement.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Other lyrical themes included unemployment, inner-city violence, war, and slavish followers of fashion.
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They were tools used by slavish obedient pseudo-journalists.
www.thestar.com

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