noun

subjugation

sub-juh-GAY-shun/ˌsʌbdʒuˈɡeɪʃn/

The act of bringing someone under domination or the state of being dominated.

The occupied town's guarded gate illustrates its subjugation.

Subjugation: historical town under occupation, guards controlling closed gate while residents wait subdued to pass, dominant commander on raised step.

Etymology

subLatinunder

+jugLatinyoke

+ationLatinaction or process

The literal image is bringing people under a yoke, making them subject to another's control. Subjugation names that act of imposing domination, especially through conquest.

In context

Taye Kissi Jimma7:47

displacing and seizing land from Aboriginals, obviously, and crucially defaming and cursing the identity of the people to make the subjugation seem legitimate.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒏-𝐀𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝑪𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝑪𝐨𝐢𝐧

More examples

The novel described resistance to colonial subjugation.
They rejected a system built on the subjugation of workers.
Military victory did not end opposition to subjugation.

Forms

subjugation

subjugate verb — bring under domination

Similar words

domination: Domination is control; subjugation emphasizes forcing someone under that control.
conquest: Conquest wins control through force; subjugation includes the resulting condition of dependence.