Subjugation
[,sʌbdʒʊ'ɡeɪʃən] or [,sʌbdʒə'ɡeʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated.
Typed by Hannah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Conquest, mastery, subjection.
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Examples
- But gradually the sense of complete subjugation came over her, and she wondered languidly what had made her feel so uneasy and excited. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They continued for a time his disciplines of the complete subjugation of self; they had their goods in common, they had no bond but love. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their period of subjugation was a brief one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was far more important than the subjugation of king by king. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is a subjugation through mysterious fears and hopes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The subjugation itself was the point, the fight was the be-all, the fruits of victory were mere results. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Paul's head; the most habitual subjugation would, in my case, have failed to relieve him of it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was mournful, indeed, to witness the subjugation of that vigorous spirit to a corporeal infirmity. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In answer to this nervous paragraph, one of Her Grace's epistles, I beg leave to correct the word subjugation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Its conception of education was not release, not an invitation to participate, but the subjugation of minds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But in the southeast of this empire, and over the Turkish empire, the boundaries and subjugations of the conquest period still remained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are temporary and flimsy subjugations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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