But, if so, this would mean the pretension aspect of this kind of humility is more akin to obsequiousness and to other kinds of pretentious humility.
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But as played by Matt Damon with a fine, tricky mix of obsequiousness and ruthlessness, the nicer new Ripley is in no danger of losing his sting.
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This inflation of obsequiousness seems akin to the euphemism treadmill-a " sycophancy treadmill " perhaps ? talk ) 15 : 05, 23 November 2009 ( UTC)
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It is hard to know which is worse : the fact that UMass administrators routinely give in to the campus militants, or that they do it with such obsequiousness.
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In the end, though, Allen, not Branagh, " is the only man who can save these tics from whiny obsequiousness " ( Maslin ).
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To hear M . T . tell it, about eight years ago he got fed up to here with the OBSEQUIOUSNESS _ his word _ that politicians were demanding of folks.
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The Merrion murmurs elegance and comfort from the moment you are greeted in the marble-filled front lobby by an array of staff members whose helpfulness stops just short of obsequiousness.
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And the imperious co-op board is stirring once again as well, reasserting, in a quickened market, its power to deny admission after years of market-driven obsequiousness.
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Radio Haiti-Inter noted the jurors treated Lecorps with deference, even obsequiousness, while being extremely severe with state witnesses when they questioned them, as is permitted in Haitian law.
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Skarstedt felt surrounded by " arrogance on one side and obsequiousness on the other, a manifest scorn for menial labor, a desire to appear to be more than one was ".
