subjugation

subjugation

English

Etymology

From New Latin subiugātiō, from Latin subiugō (“to subjugate”). By surface analysis, subjugate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌbd͡ʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/　
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌbd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
• 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, 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

Bulgarian: подчиняване (bg) n (podčinjavane), поробване (bg) n (porobvane) 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

Bulgarian: подчинение (bg) n (podčinenie) 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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

subjugation f (plural subjugations)

1. subjugation

Further reading

• “subjugation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.