subjugation
the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
Origin of subjugation
1Other words from subjugation
- non·sub·ju·ga·tion, noun
- self-sub·ju·ga·tion, noun
Words Nearby subjugation
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How to use subjugation in a sentence
Its conspicuous subjugation of Muslims includes choreographed hate campaigns, violence, as well as official measures designed to weaken the community.
For India's Muslims, Eid al-Fitr Brings Little to Celebrate | Debasish Roy Chowdhury | May 3, 2022 | TimeImperialism and the transatlantic slave trade depended on the violent subjugation of people.
How the Origins of Epidemiology Are Linked to the Transatlantic Slave Trade | Jim Downs | September 2, 2021 | TimeAt this point, the only thing still standing between the freedom American women have had for nearly 50 years and the superstition-driven state subjugation of woman to embryo is time.
The GOP’s ‘Pro-Life’ Ghouls Are About to Roll Back 50 Years of Women’s Rights | Erin Gloria Ryan | May 20, 2021 | The Daily BeastJoining the club would only make women complicit in their own subjugation.
Men-only Selective Service registration may end soon, but the fight will remain | Heather Stur | April 15, 2021 | Washington PostWe know that like South Africa, the United States had to overcome centuries of racial subjugation.
Full Text of President Obama's Eulogy for Nelson Mandela | The Daily Beast | December 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
And it is girls themselves who are refusing to be cowed or blackmailed into accepting their subjugation.
Gordon Brown: Malala’s Fight for Girls’ Education in Pakistan Continues | Gordon Brown | June 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLastly, what does it say about our country that we as a society endorse the subjugation of persons with dwarfism?
For the occupier, victory means subjugation of the ruling authority to its will.
And it is too true that ages of subjugation have demoralized, to a fearful extent, the Italian People.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyWife of Phileas Beauvisage, whom she kept in complete subjugation.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheYou will complete your subjugation of the old lord, and the philosophic Dr. Wolff will certainly propose to me.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsNeither need there be any fears of an attempt on the part of the United States, at a subjugation, of these countries.
It is certain this variety gives indisputable evidence of remote and continued subjugation.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
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