Subjugation

//ˌsʌbd͡ʒʊˈɡeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of subjugating. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of conquering wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    the act of subjugating by cruelty wordnet
  5. 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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