Submissive
Submissive adjective - Readily giving in to the command or authority of another.
Under and submissive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Under" instead an adjective "Submissive".
Nearby Words: submission, submissively
Under
Under adjective - Located below or beneath something else.
Submissive and under are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Submissive" instead an adjective "Under".
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Also, for the Salaryman, he seems to have become fully submissive and under the control of the Metal Fetishist (although he may just be pretending to act like that just to avoid more pain).
Source: Film / Tetsuo: The Iron Man - However, the women are also under the thumb of society—it is not considered socially acceptable for a women to be "unladylike", but this does not mean "submissive", "frail" or "dependent on a man".
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It becomes gray since Phèdre is a professional submissive, and was under contract to Melisande.
Source: Literature / Kushiel's Legacy
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