subjugation

§English

§Etymology

From New Latin subiugatio, from Latin subiugare (“to subiugate”); see subjugate.

§Noun

subjugation (uncountable)

1. The act of subjugating.
2. The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
   • 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 164: 

     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?

§Related terms

• subjugate

§Synonyms

• conquest

§Translations

act of subjugating

• Czech: podrobení n
• Finnish: alistaminen, kukistaminen
• French: assujettissement (fr)

• Galician: asoballamento (gl) m
• Italian: soggiogamento (it)
• Romanian: subjugare (ro)

state of being subjugated

• Czech: poroba f

• Finnish: vallanalaisuus
• Galician: asoballamento (gl) m

§External links

• subjugation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• subjugation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911