subjection
Americannoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- nonsubjection noun
- presubjection noun
- resubjection noun
- self-subjection noun
- subjectional adjective
Etymology
Origin of subjection
1300–50; Middle English < Latin subjectiōn- (stem of subjectiō ) a throwing under, equivalent to subject- ( subject ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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It dramatized, with a potent mixture of satire and resistance, the experience of subjection particular to Black Americans.
From New York Times
Where colonial literature either struggled to translate the finer contours of traditional African gender arrangements or offered only a cursory sketch of their subjection, Sembène stayed attuned to the shades of women’s displacement.
From New York Times
Only when people begin to imagine a full emancipation, do they perceive the full extent of their subjection.
From BBC
Morning after morning Vermeer sits at his easel, as the world rages out there, the world where people are kneeling in subjection, where people are being branded with a hot iron.
From New York Times
In recent days, Le Pen has rejected any “subjection to an American protectorate” and suggested unease with French troops under foreign command.
From Washington Post
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