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English
Etymology
From New Latin subiugātiō, from Latin subiugō (“to subjugate”). By surface analysis, subjugate + -ion.
Pronunciation
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?
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Translations
state of being subjugated
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
Noun
subjugation f (plural subjugations)
- subjugation
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