subjection
State of submission
Subjection is the state of being under another's control or authority.
A conquered people live in subjection to their rulers.
The word implies powerlessness and often carries connotations of oppression: the subjection of women, colonial subjection.
To bring someone into subjection is to subdue them.
Ownership of people
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- captivityState of being confined
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- thralldomEnslaved condition
indenture · peonage · enslavement · chains · shackles · yoke · fetters · manacles
Oppressive, absolute governance
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- enslavementForced human ownership
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
repression · domination · exploitation · injustice · discrimination · marginalization · victimization · abuse
Lower position in hierarchy
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- submissionYielding to another's will
governance · jurisdiction · sovereignty · rule · command · mandate · fealty · vassalage
State of needing support
- subordinationLower position in hierarchy
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
subservience · inferiority · weakness · neediness · insecurity · attachment · beholden · obligation
Methodical assessment or review
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- exposureState of being unprotected
- submissionYielding to another's will
treatment · consideration · investigation · experimentation · testing · trial · observation · study
Extending dominion over others
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
dominion · empire · protectorate · mandate · territory · indigenous · native · settler
slavery
Ownership of people
thralldom · indenture · peonage · enslavement · chains · shackles · yoke · fetters · manacles · oppression
tyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- enslavementForced human ownership
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
servitude · repression · domination · exploitation · injustice · discrimination · marginalization · victimization · abuse · coercion
subordination
Lower position in hierarchy
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
submission · governance · jurisdiction · sovereignty · rule · command · mandate · fealty · vassalage · loyalty
reliance
State of needing support
- subordinationLower position in hierarchy
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
powerlessness · subservience · inferiority · weakness · neediness · insecurity · attachment · beholden · obligation · duty
examination
Methodical assessment or review
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- exposureState of being unprotected
submission · treatment · consideration · investigation · experimentation · testing · trial · observation · study · inquiry
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- occupationOne's regular paid work
annexation · dominion · empire · protectorate · mandate · territory · indigenous · native · settler · exploitation
- conquestwar of conquest, capture, invasion, domination, imperial conquest
- dependencedepend, depend on, dependency, rely, need
- oppressionoppression, tyranny, racism, repression, secret police
- captivitycaptive, prisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated
- slaverychattel slavery, enslaved, slave, enslavement, slave traders
- bondageslavery, servitude, bondage, slaves, thrall
subjectionfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · independence · autonomy · self-determination · sovereignty
subjectionliberation
Release from constraint
emancipation · freeing · release · enfranchisement · manumission
- subjective truthBelief valid for holder
- subjective experienceFirst-person felt quality
- subjective realityExperience shaped by individual perception
- subjective interpretationMeaning shaped by perspective