subjection
pronunciation
How to pronounce subjection in British English:
UK [səbˈdʒekʃn]
How to pronounce subjection in American English:
US [səbˈdʒekʃn]
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- Noun:
- forced submission to control by others
- the act of conquering
Word Origin
- subjection (n.)
- late 14c., "obedience, submission; servitude, bondage; lordship, control," from Anglo-French subjectioun, Old French subjection "submission; subjugation; inferior condition; captivity" (12c., Modern French sujétion), from Latin subjectionem (nominative subjectio) "a putting under," noun of action from past participle stem of subicere (see subject (n.)).
Example
- 1. Belief in the potency of fear drove the subjection of managers to the takeover threat , policed by the capital market .
- 2. In the second place , the idea of subjection is tested by reference to historical realities legal , religious , economic , social , intellectual , military , political , and moral or philosophical .
- 3. These uses of animals are so institutionalized , so normalized , in oursociety that it is difficult to find the critical distance needed to see themas the horrors that they are : so many forms of subjection , servitude and - inthe case of killing animals for human consumption and other purposes - outrightmurder .