subjugation

English

Etymology

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

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, 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?

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