1. excessive fondness for or submissiveness to one’s wife
Usage: formal; sometimes derogatory

Examples

• His uxoriousness was evident in how he deferred to his wife’s every decision.
• The novel portrayed the husband’s uxoriousness as both touching and somewhat pathetic.
• Critics accused him of uxoriousness when he changed his political views to match his wife’s.
• His friends teased him about his uxoriousness, but he genuinely enjoyed pleasing his spouse.
• The character’s uxoriousness made him an easy target for manipulation.
• Some viewed his uxoriousness as admirable devotion, while others saw it as weakness.