subjugation
nounUK /ˌsʌbd͡ʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/ · US /ˌsʌbd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
Etymology From Latin subiugātiō, from Latin subiugō (“to subjugate”). By surface analysis, subjugate + -ion.
1
The act of subjugating.
2
The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
- 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?2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164:
- Synonyms
- conquest
- Derived terms
- resubjugation, subjugational
- Related terms
- subjugate