subjugation
Bringing under control
Subjugation is the act of bringing someone or something under control, typically by force.
Nations subjugate conquered peoples; dictators subjugate populations.
The word implies domination and the loss of autonomy: the subjugation of indigenous tribes, economic subjugation.
It can extend to abstract things: the subjugation of emotion to reason.
Forced human ownership
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- thrallOne held captive
- peonageDebt-based forced labor
captivity · slavery · indenture · chains · shackles · yoke · servility · forced labor
Foreign territorial takeover
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
defeat · surrender · overthrow · capture · expansionism · territory · empire · vassalage
Systematic mistreatment of groups
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
repression · silencing · disempowerment · victimization · suffering · inequality · abuse · intimidation
Unchecked single-ruler government
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- autocracyRule by one
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
absolute power · fascism · iron fist · tyrant · despot · regime · martial law · police state
Lower position in hierarchy
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- suzeraintyControl without full annexation
- overlordshipSupreme authority over others
- supremacyHighest rank or power
control · authority · dominance · mastery · command · power · hierarchy · dependency
enslavement
Forced human ownership
peonage · captivity · slavery · indenture · chains · shackles · yoke · servility · forced labor · human trafficking
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
annexation · defeat · surrender · overthrow · capture · expansionism · territory · empire · vassalage · pacification
persecution
Systematic mistreatment of groups
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
injustice · repression · silencing · disempowerment · victimization · suffering · inequality · abuse · intimidation · harassment
dictatorship
Unchecked single-ruler government
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- autocracyRule by one
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
authoritarianism · absolute power · fascism · iron fist · tyrant · despot · regime · martial law · police state · usurpation
subordination
Lower position in hierarchy
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- suzeraintyControl without full annexation
- overlordshipSupreme authority over others
supremacy · control · authority · dominance · mastery · command · power · hierarchy · dependency · feudalism
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- conquestwar of conquest, capture, invasion, domination, imperial conquest
- defeatdefeat, beaten, conquered, vanquished, loss
- disgracedishonor, disgrace, downfall, stigma, scandal
- Power dynamicsdominance, submission, authority, power, control
- power strugglesdominance, supremacy, takeover, overthrow, control
subjugationfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · independence · emancipation · liberation · autonomy
subjugationliberation
Release from constraint
freeing · release · emancipation · manumission · deliverance
subjugationempowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
elevation · uplift · ennoblement · exaltation · dignification