Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilisation than it is among savages. And the subjection is always reinforced by morality.
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Subjection
Synonyms for "subjection" (64 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
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9 translations across 8 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑποταγή noun (act of bringing under control)
Bulgarian
1 entries- подчинение noun (act of bringing under control)
Catalan
2 entries- asserviment noun (act of bringing under control)
- submissió noun (act of bringing under control)
French
1 entries- soumission noun (act of bringing under control)
German
1 entries- Unterwerfung noun (act of bringing under control)
Italian
1 entries- sottomissione noun (act of bringing under control)
Portuguese
1 entries- submissão noun (act of bringing under control)
Spanish
1 entries- sumisión noun (act of bringing under control)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.
Source: wiktionary
The smallest incidents were to serve as pretexts for demonstrations of force and for demands for indemnities and reparations which increased China's subjection. For example, in 1876 China was constrained to sign the Conventions of Chih-fu (near Yen-tʻai, in north-eastern Shantung) with Great Britain after the murder of an English interpreter on the borders of Yunnan and Burma; the result was five new 'open ports' on top of the fifteen or so already existing.
Source: wiktionary
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