subjugation
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8.4
- noun
- /ˌsʌb.dʒʊˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
- Formal
:
subyugación
- The West condemned the Soviet subjugation of Central Europe but did not contest it.
- colonial subjugation
- subjugation of women
- century of subjugation
That is not love, that is subjugation, and at best it's survival.
- That is not love, that is subjugation, and at best it's survival.
- These tiny steps out of subjugation may be how you save yourself.
- Mind reading, on the other hand, that's subjugation.
- That this self division is a direct result of colonialist, colonialist subjugation is beyond question.
- And with that again comes the subjugation of the ego, the celebration of humility.
- And even justify their slavery and subjugation and genocide at the hands of clever Westerners.
- How do how do they become in this status of subjugation and domination and stigma and exclusion?
- They constantly said they were fighting against their own subjugation submission.
- And the fact that they want to do this kind of subjugation, what does that mean?
Examples
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Apartheid thus represents a classic case of subjugation through a strategy of divide and rule.
Academic text (1998) -
And did this solution require the complete subjugation of the Indian and a resulting destruction of his culture?
Academic text (1990) -
Will the subjugation of the whole world finally make you feel better?
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White Americans know that their historical advantage comes from the subjugation of an entire people.
Academic text (1990) -
We used it to compensate for all we'd lost in a century of subjugation.
Academic text (2011) -
They were formed 500 years ago with one aim in mind - the repression and the subjugation of women.
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The yoke, of course, denotes the continued state of subjugation experienced by the majority of South Africans.
Academic text (1996) -
Reflecting the well-documented subjugation of women in Afghanistan, there are presently no female AYPV members.
Academic text (2011) -
Even though the elements of isolation, dependence, and subjugation were nominally modified, they remained largely unchanged.
Academic text (1998) -
The subjugation of the native population by foreign powers led to significant cultural loss.
Synonyms
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5.5
A cruel use of power to control and hurt people
102
4.7
To have power or control over other people
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5.4
A sudden illegal action to seize control of a country's government by force
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6.3
An act of taking control of a place or people by military force
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6.3
Being forced to work for someone as their slave
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7.2
Using power to stop people's actions and feelings
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8.2
The act of bringing people or a country under control, usually by force
The act of taking complete control of a person or thing
Making people obey and be controlled by authorities
Taking control of a country or its people using soldiers
Antonyms
How Subjugated
Surface Forms
Morphology
subjugation = subjugate (transparent) = sub + jug + ation
A standard nominalization of the verb 'subjugate' meaning 'the act or process of subjugating', so the relation is directly derivable.
Etymology
Subjugation comes from Latin parts sub- and jugum, which mean 'under' and 'yoke'. Think of a yoke put on animals to make them work — being 'under a yoke' became a picture of being forced to obey, so subjugation means bringing people under control, often by force.