sheeplike
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See also: sheep-like
English
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[edit]sheeplike (comparative more sheeplike, superlative most sheeplike)
- Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly.
- Synonym: ovine
- I was horrified by their sheeplike acquiescence.
- 1981 December 19, Nancy Walker, “Taxi, Shmaxi!”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 12:
- Occasionally I succumb to the vibrations in the atmosphere and follow, sheeplike, the movements of the crowd.