Submissiveness

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Two men, suspecting each other in a higher position, meet. Paul Klee (1903)

In common parlance, submission denotes a disposition and social behavior in which one's own actions are subordinated to the will of another person or the authority of another person is believed. The antonym is dominance .

The word submissive is already attested in Middle High German , on the other hand, submissive only emerged in the 15th century.

Kitty humping as a particularly submissive behavior of people takes its name from their particularly deep bows, in which their back is reminiscent of the shape of a cat's hump.

While the term of bondage, used similarly nowadays , initially only meant a dependency and duty to work towards a landlord, “submissive” was also understood in the religious, chivalrous, political and erotic sense. The latter is also referred to as submissivity (adjective: submissive); see BDSM .

Linguistic aspects

Linguistic submission is a common phenomenon in the globalized world. This means an increased and in part unreflected adoption or transfer of foreign language words and expressions. Their excessive use means that national values, traditions and images are dispensed with. In 1960 the London Times coined the term German linguistic submissiveness ("German linguistic submissiveness"). This English term seems to be the most common in the German-speaking area. The general topic is also internationally known (more information on this under Denglisch ).

Political and sociological use

In his conception of absolutist rule, the French political theorist Jean Bodin described submission as a necessary attribute of the king's sovereignty .

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  1. ^ A b Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: German Dictionary , Volume 24, columns 1914–1915
  2. ^ Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: German Dictionary , Volume 10, Column 1814
  3. ^ Constitutional judge Huber: "Germany is in a crisis of meaning" FAZ of September 30, 2015 - accessed on October 4, 2015
  4. ↑ Bremer Sprachblog "Sprachliche Unterwerfigkeit" - accessed on May 12, 2017
  5. ↑ Norwegian State Fund: This is the world's largest shareholder FAZ from February 7, 2016 - accessed on February 7, 2016
  6. ↑ Jean Bodin: About the State. (Six livres de la République) 1583