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    SUBJUGATION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The act of conqueringplay

    Synonyms:

    conquering; conquest; subjection; subjugation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("subjugation" is a kind of...):

    capture; gaining control; seizure (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Norman Conquest (the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The act of subjugating by crueltyplay

    Example:

    the tyrant's oppression of the people

    Synonyms:

    oppression; subjugation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("subjugation" is a kind of...):

    persecution (the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion))

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Forced submission to control by othersplay

    Synonyms:

    subjection; subjugation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("subjugation" is a kind of...):

    relationship (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subjugation"):

    repression (a state of forcible subjugation)

    oppression (the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:)

    captivity; enslavement (the state of being a slave)

    bondage; slavery; thraldom; thrall; thralldom (the state of being under the control of another person)

    bondage (the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power)

    peonage (the condition of a peon)

    confinement (the state of being confined)

    Derivation:

    subjugate (make subservient; force to submit or subdue)

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