服従(ふくじゅう)

ふくじゅう
noun, verb-suru
obedience; submission; compliance
1. obedience; submission; compliance
Following orders or yielding to authority, rules, or someone else's will. Implies subordination and acceptance of another's control.
命令(めいれい)に服従(ふくじゅう)する。
To obey orders.
彼(かれ)は上司(じょうし)に絶対(ぜったい)服従(ふくじゅう)を求(もと)められた。
He was required to give absolute obedience to his superior.
国民(こくみん)は不当(ふとう)な法律(ほうりつ)への服従(ふくじゅう)を拒否(きょひ)する権利(けんり)がある。
Citizens have the right to refuse compliance with unjust laws.

USAGE: 服従(ふくじゅう) carries a strong connotation of yielding to power or authority. It is often used in discussions of hierarchy, military discipline, politics, and social structures.

PARTICLE PATTERNS:

  • [authority]に服従(ふくじゅう)する: to submit to, to obey

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 絶対(ぜったい)服従(ふくじゅう): absolute obedience
  • 服従(ふくじゅう)を強(し)いる: to force submission
  • 盲目的(もうもくてき)な服従(ふくじゅう): blind obedience
  • 服従(ふくじゅう)を拒否(きょひ)する: to refuse to comply

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 従順(じゅうじゅん): docile, obedient (describes a personality trait)
  • 服従(ふくじゅう): submission to authority (describes an act or state)
  • 追従(ついじゅう): following along, compliance (less forceful)
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