subjection

[ suhb-jek-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of subjecting.
2. the state or fact of being subjected.

subjection

/ səbˈdʒɛkʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of subjecting or the state of being subjected

Other Words From

• sub·jection·al adjective
• nonsub·jection noun
• presub·jection noun
• resub·jection noun
• self-sub·jection noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of subjection¹

1300–50; Middle English < Latin subjectiōn- (stem of subjectiō ) a throwing under, equivalent to subject- ( subject ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Thurman prioritizes a more fragile site of subjection: the soul.

From Salon

It dramatized, with a potent mixture of satire and resistance, the experience of subjection particular to Black Americans.

From New York Times

“We will not participate in any ceremonial institutional salute to anyone who has not ever condemned fascism, its colonial wars and the alliance with and subjection to Nazism that generated the racial laws and much bereavement and misery among the Italian people.”

From Washington Times

“We will not participate in any ceremonial institutional salute to anyone who has not ever condemned fascism, its colonial wars and the alliance with and subjection to Nazism that generated the racial laws and much bereavement and misery among the Italian people.”

From Seattle 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

Related Words

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