sklavisch

German

Adjective

sklavisch (comparative sklavischer, superlative am sklavischsten)

  1. slavish; abject
  2. slavish; obeying or sticking to a rule without reflection
    Durch sklavische Einhaltung von Regeln wird oft genug das Gegenteil dessen bewirkt, was mit diesen Regeln eigentlich beabsichtigt war.
    Slavish observation of rules quite often achieves the opposite of what these rules were originally intended to.

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