Subjugation

Origin

From New Latin subiugatio, from Latin subiugare ("to subiugate"); see subjugate.

Full definition of subjugation

Noun

1. The act of subjugating.
2. The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
• 2012, Jan Sapp, Race Finished, 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?

Related terms

• subjugate

Synonyms

• conquest