1
[ noun ] forced submission to control by others

Synonyms

subjection

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

After this holocaust , a changing world occupied the minds of men ; a world beset with new boundaries , new treaties and governments , new goals and methods , and the age-old fears of aggression and subjugation - hunger and exposure .

2
[ noun ] the act of subjugating by cruelty

Synonyms

oppression

Examples

"the tyrant's oppression of the people"

Related terms

persecution oppress

3
[ noun ] the act of conquering
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