Subjugation
//ˌsʌbd͡ʒʊˈɡeɪʃən// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
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
Example
More examples"Subjugation of the lower classes is important to our covert centralization of resources."
Etymology
From New Latin subiugātiō, from Latin subiugō (“to subjugate”). By surface analysis, subjugate + -ion.
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