subjugation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌbdʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/　
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌbdʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: sub‧ju‧ga‧tion

Noun

subjugation (countable and uncountable, plural subjugations)

1. The act of subjugating.
2. The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
   • 2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist‎^[1], 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?

Synonyms

• conquest

Related terms

• subjugate

Translations

act of subjugating

• Czech: podrobení n
• Finnish: alistaminen (fi), kukistaminen (fi)
• French: assujettissement (fr)
• Galician: asoballamento (gl) m
• German: Unterwerfung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: καταστροφή f (katastrophḗ)

• Hungarian: meghódítás, leigázás (hu)
• Italian: soggiogamento (it)
• Maori: whakataurekarekatanga, pēhinga, tāmitanga
• Romanian: subjugare (ro)

state of being subjugated

• Czech: poroba (cs) f
• Finnish: vallanalaisuus

• Galician: asoballamento (gl) m
• Romanian: subjugare (ro) f

Further reading

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