noun
Meaning 1
The act of subjugating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
subjugation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsʌbd͡ʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/
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General-American: /ˌsʌbd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the act of conquering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conquest, conquering, subjection
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: capture, gaining control, seizure
Narrower terms: Norman Conquest
noun
Meaning 4
the act of subjugating by cruelty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the tyrant's oppression of the people
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oppression
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: persecution
noun
Meaning 5
forced submission to control by others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subjection
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relationship
Narrower terms: repression, oppression, enslavement, captivity, bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, peonage, confinement
History
Etymology
From Latin subiugātiō, from Latin subiugō (“to subjugate”). By surface analysis, subjugate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: подчиняване (podčinjavane) — act of subjugating
- Bulgarian: поробване (porobvane) — act of subjugating
- Chinese Mandarin: 征服 (zhēngfú) — act of subjugating
- Chinese Mandarin: 制服 (zhìfú) — act of subjugating
- Chinese Mandarin: 制伏 (zhìfú) — act of subjugating
- Czech: podrobení — act of subjugating
- Finnish: alistaminen — act of subjugating
- Finnish: kukistaminen — act of subjugating
- French: assujettissement — act of subjugating
- Galician: asoballamento — act of subjugating
- German: Unterwerfung — act of subjugating
- Ancient Greek: καταστροφή (katastrophḗ) — act of subjugating
- Hungarian: meghódítás — act of subjugating
- Hungarian: leigázás — act of subjugating
- Italian: soggiogamento — act of subjugating
- Japanese: 征服 (seifuku) — act of subjugating
- Māori: whakataurekarekatanga — act of subjugating
- Māori: pēhinga — act of subjugating
- Māori: tāmitanga — act of subjugating
- Romanian: subjugare — act of subjugating
- Spanish: subyugación — act of subjugating
- Spanish: sojuzgamiento — act of subjugating
- Bulgarian: подчинение (podčinenie) — state of being subjugated
- Czech: poroba — state of being subjugated
- Finnish: vallanalaisuus — state of being subjugated
- Galician: asoballamento — state of being subjugated
- Romanian: subjugare — state of being subjugated
- Spanish: subyugación — state of being subjugated
- Spanish: sojuzgamiento — state of being subjugated