Usually means: Imitative and lacking originality excessively.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word Slavish:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. slavish: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. slavish: Merriam-Webster
  3. slavish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. slavish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. slavish: Collins English Dictionary
  6. slavish: Vocabulary.com
  7. Slavish, slavish: Wordnik
  8. slavish: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. slavish: Wiktionary
  10. slavish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. slavish: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. slavish: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. slavish: Dictionary.com
  14. slavish: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Slavish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. slavish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. slavish: Rhymezone
  18. Slavish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. slavish: FreeDictionary.org
  20. slavish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. slavish: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slavish: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slavish: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slavish)

▸ adjective:  in the manner of a slave; abject
▸ adjective:  utterly faithful; totally lacking originality, creativity, or reflection

Similar:
servile, subservient, submissive, unoriginal, slavelike, abject, vassal, bond, serfish, abjective, more...

Opposite:
independent, autonomous, self-reliant, free, liberated

Types:
servile, subservient, obsequious, fawning, ingratiating, more...

Phrases:
saccharine slavish, more...

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Similar:
servile, subservient, submissive, unoriginal, slavelike, abject, vassal, bond, serfish, abjective, more...

Opposite:
independent, autonomous, self-reliant, free, liberated

Types:
servile, subservient, obsequious, fawning, ingratiating, more...

Phrases:
saccharine slavish, more...



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