1580s, "inclined to submit, yielding to authority," from Latin submiss-, past participle stem of submittere (see submission) + -ive. Masochistic sexual sense is attested by 1969. As a noun in this sense, by 1985. Related: Submissively; submissiveness.
submissive servants
replacing troublemakers with more submissive people
a submissive reply
she has become submissive and subservient
submerge
submerse
submersible
submersion
submission
submissive
submit
submittal
subnormal
suboptimal
suborbital
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