subjugation
Other forms: subjugations
Subjugation is like oppression or conquest: one group takes control over another and forces them to do as they're told.
Subjugation is one of many types of injustice in the world. It has to do with one group of people dominating another group by taking away their freedom. When slavery was legal in the U.S., that was a clear-cut case of subjugation: African-Americans were forced to live without rights, under the control of their white owners. To remember this word, think of its Latin root subjugat, which means "brought under a yoke."
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forced submission to control by others
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synonyms:
subjection
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repression
a state of forcible subjugation
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oppression
the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
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captivity, enslavement
the state of being a slave
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bondage, slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom
the state of being under the control of another person
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bondage
the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
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peonage
the condition of a peon
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confinement
the state of being confined
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yoke
an oppressive power
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bonded labor
a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States
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servitude
state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment
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serfdom, serfhood, vassalage
the state of a serf
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constraint, restraint
the state of being physically constrained
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captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration
the state of being imprisoned
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custody, detainment, detention, hold
a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
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solitary, solitary confinement
confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners
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relationship
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
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the act of conquering
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synonyms:
conquering, conquest, subjection
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Norman Conquest
the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066)
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capture, gaining control, seizure
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
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Norman Conquest
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the act of subjugating by cruelty
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oppression
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persecution
the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
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persecution
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