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In the name of justice there cannot be subjection and in the name of peace there cannot be impunity.
Alvaro Uribe

Meaning of "subjection" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUBJECTION

subjection  [səbˈdʒɛkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBJECTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Subjection is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUBJECTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

subjection

Slavery

Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation. Historically, slavery was institutionally recognized by most societies; in more recent times, slavery has been outlawed in all countries, but it continues through the practices of debt bondage, indentured servitude, serfdom, domestic servants kept in captivity, certain adoptions in which children are forced to work as slaves, child soldiers, and forced marriage. Slavery is officially illegal in all countries, but there are still an estimated 20 million to 30 million slaves worldwide. Mauritania was the last jurisdiction to officially outlaw slavery, but about 10% to 20% of its population is estimated to live in slavery. Slavery predates written records and has existed in many cultures. Most slaves today are debt slaves, largely in South Asia, who are under debt bondage incurred by lenders, sometimes even for generations.

Definition of subjection in the English dictionary

The definition of subjection in the dictionary is the act or process of subjecting or the state of being subjected.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUBJECTION


abjection
æbˈdʒɛkʃən
bijection
baɪˈdʒɛkʃən
collection
kəˈlɛkʃən
connection
kəˈnɛkʃən
correction
kəˈrɛkʃən
dejection
dɪˈdʒɛkʃən
direction
dɪˈrɛkʃən
disjection
dɪsˈdʒɛkʃən
injection
ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
interjection
ˌɪntəˈdʒɛkʃən
introjection
ˌɪntrəˈdʒɛkʃən
microinjection
ˌmaɪkrəʊɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
objection
əbˈdʒɛkʃən
postinjection
ˌpəʊstɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
projection
prəˈdʒɛkʃən
protection
prəˈtɛkʃən
section
ˈsɛkʃən
selection
sɪˈlɛkʃən
surjection
sɜːˈdʒɛkʃən
trajection
trəˈdʒɛkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUBJECTION

subject to
subject-raising
subjectability
subjectable
subjectification
subjectified
subjectifies
subjectify
subjective
subjective idealism
subjective intension
subjective probability
subjectively
subjectiveness
subjectivise
subjectivism
subjectivist
subjectivistic
subjectivistically
subjectivity

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUBJECTION

accreditation
action
addiction
attraction
auction
construction
course of action
election
fiction
function
inspection
instruction
interaction
introduction
out of action
production
reaction
reduction
reproduction
satisfaction
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of subjection in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SUBJECTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «subjection» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of subjection

Translation of «subjection» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUBJECTION

Find out the translation of subjection to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of subjection from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «subjection» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

隶属
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sometimiento
570 millions of speakers

English

subjection
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधीनता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إخضاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подчинение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sujeição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরাধীনতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sujétion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tunduk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unterwerfung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

服従
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

복종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepeksa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự chinh phục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழ்ப்படிந்திருப்பதில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधीनता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boyun eğme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soggezione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podporządkowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підпорядкування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supunere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποταγή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderdanigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underkastelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

under
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of subjection

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBJECTION»

The term «subjection» is regularly used and occupies the 79.942 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBJECTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «subjection» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «subjection» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about subjection

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7 QUOTES WITH «SUBJECTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word subjection.
1
Guillaume Apollinaire
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
2
Mary Ritter Beard
The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.
3
Charles Hodge
All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church, require his subjection to all his brethren in the Lord.
4
J. M. Roberts
There were theoretical elements in the subjection of women and it is not possible to avoid the conclusion that a large contribution was made to them by the Church. In part this was a matter of its hostile stance towards sexuality.
5
Norman Thomas
To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.
6
Alvaro Uribe
In the name of justice there cannot be subjection and in the name of peace there cannot be impunity.
7
Henry A. Wallace
Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBJECTION»

Discover the use of subjection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to subjection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-making in ...
She looks particularly at the presentations of slavery and blackness in minstrelsy, melodrama, and the sentimental novel; the disparity between actual slave culture and "managed" plantation amusements; the construction of slave culture in ...
Saidiya V. Hartman, 1997
2
The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection
Judith Butler's new book considers the way in which psychic life is generated by the social operation of power, and how that social operation of power is concealed and fortified by the psyche that it produces.
Judith Butler, 1997
3
Mill's The Subjection of Women
4 Mill and the Subjection of Women Julia Annas Annas argues that there are two incompatible lines of argument in The Subjection of Women. In her view, Mill oscillated between what she calls the "reformist approach" to arguing for gender  ...
Maria H. Morales, 2005
4
Racial Imperatives: Discipline, Performativity, and ...
Ehlers places the work of Michel Foucault, Judith Butler’s account of performativity, and theories of race into conversation to show how race is a form of discipline, that race is performative, and that all racial identity can be seen as ...
Nadine Ehlers, 2011
5
Literature and Subjection: The Economy of Writing and ...
Legras views the factors that have both formed and stifled the integration of peripheral experiences into Latin American literature.
Horacio Legras, 2008
6
Subjection & Subjectivity: Psychoanalytic Feminism & Moral ...
Subjection and Subjectivity is central to feminist thought across a wide range of disciplines.
Diana T. Meyers, 1994
7
Bringing Them Under Subjection: California's Tej¢n Indian ...
The final book in a three-volume history of California's Native peoples, "Bringing Them under Subjection" chronicles the development and demise of the state's first permanent reservation, the Sebastian Military Reserve, better known as the ...
George Harwood Phillips, 2004
8
Ingenuous Subjection: Compliance and Power in the ...
By tracing the political, philosophical, and generic significance of feminine compliance, this book revises our literary historical account of the rise of the novel.
Helen Thompson, 2011
9
The Tremulous Private Body: Essays on Subjection
An ambitious study of literary, aesthetic, and philosophical authors on the modern subject versus the modern body
Francis Barker, 1995
10
The Subjection of Women
The Subjection of Women
N. Nourizadeh, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBJECTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term subjection is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Subjection to 'isms'
“From the hour of their birth, some are marked for subjection, others for rule!?” So it was, for another tyrannical and bloody 2,100 years until 1776, when Thomas ... «Rutland Herald, Jul 15»
2
Women empowerment can make a qualitative change
Despite the heroic roles that women had played in the history and the present, women are the victims of patriarchal subjection and male chauvinism. «KanglaOnline, Jul 15»
3
Kybella explained: Here's how you 'melt a double chin
Facebook · Twitter · Youtube · Instagram · Vine · Newsletter · Fusion. Here's how you 'melt' a double chin. Share. Email; Tweet · Share. INJECTION SUBJECTION ... «Fusion, May 15»
4
International Women's Day: Understanding the Free Exercise of …
John Stuart Mill, the nineteenth century British philosopher, wondered in his work The Subjection of Women what would happen in a world where "women's ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
5
On the "Reform" of Islam
If violence, terror, beheadings, forced conversions, subjection of women, and intolerance of others are removed or “transformed” in Islam, is it still Islam? «Catholic World Report, Feb 15»
6
New Greek PM pledges no default while defying 'policy of subjection'
The left-wing Syriza party leader said: “We won't get into a mutually destructive clash but we will not continue a policy of subjection.” Meanwhile, a Greek news ... «Fundweb, Jan 15»
7
ISIS Publishes Punitive Rules Christians Must Follow in Return For …
... return for their “safety”, including a ban on church repairs, crosses and praying in public, and a requirement to pay a 'subjection' tax to the Islamic authorities. «Breitbart News, Dec 14»
8
State Department Meetings With Yezidi Leaders Taken Question
We condemn in the strongest terms the commodification of women and girls as spoils of war, and their subjection to horrific physical and sexual abuse, ... «US Department of State, Nov 14»
9
The Role of Latin in Empire and Colonization
We may therefore assume that he is well aware of the domination orientation of the Latin-premised word “subjection” used against our Nations by both the ... «Indian Country Today Media Network, Oct 14»
10
Barriers to economic progress for women
... Vindication of the Rights of Women,” and in 1869 John Stuart Mill, inspired by his wife Harriet, wrote “The Subjection of Women” in support of female suffrage. «The Japan Times, Oct 14»

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