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Subjugation
//ˌsʌbd͡ʒʊˈɡeɪʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of subjugating. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of conquering wordnet
- 3 The state of being subjugated; forced control by others. countable, uncountable
"Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?"
- 4 the act of subjugating by cruelty wordnet
- 5 forced submission to control by others wordnet
Etymology
From New Latin subiugātiō, from Latin subiugō (“to subjugate”). By surface analysis, subjugate + -ion.
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