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

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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