subjugation
English
Etymology
From New Latin subiugātiō, from Latin subiugō (“to subjugate”). By surface analysis, subjugate + -ion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsʌbd͡ʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsʌbd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: sub‧ju‧ga‧tion
Noun
subjugation (countable and uncountable, plural subjugations)
- The act of subjugating.
- 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?
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
act of subjugating
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Further reading
- “subjugation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “subjugation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syb.ʒy.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “subjugation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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