subjugators
Those who enslave
Subjugators are those who bring others under their control or domination, typically by force.
The word carries connotations of conquest and oppression—colonial powers were subjugators of indigenous peoples, tyrants are subjugators of their own citizens.
History remembers the subjugators, but rarely their justifications.
Those who subjugate others
- conquerorsThose who defeat and dominate
- dominatorsThose who rule completely
- colonizersThose who establish foreign control
- imperialistsProponents of territorial domination
overlords · tyrants · dictators · despots · autocrats · enslavers · slave-drivers · taskmasters
Supreme authority held
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- enslavementForced human ownership
conquest · colonization · subjection · coercion · exploitation · persecution · control · intimidation
Oppressive, absolute governance
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- autocracyRule by one
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
imperialism · colonialism · feudalism · absolutism · fascism · hegemony · oligarchy · apartheid
oppressors
Those who subjugate others
- conquerorsThose who defeat and dominate
- dominatorsThose who rule completely
- colonizersThose who establish foreign control
imperialists · overlords · tyrants · dictators · despots · autocrats · enslavers · slave-drivers · taskmasters · usurpers
domination
Supreme authority held
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
enslavement · conquest · colonization · subjection · coercion · exploitation · persecution · control · intimidation · brutalization
tyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- autocracyRule by one
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
authoritarianism · imperialism · colonialism · feudalism · absolutism · fascism · hegemony · oligarchy · apartheid · serfdom
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- winnerswinner, winners, champion, champions, victors
subjugatorsliberators
Those who free captives
emancipators · freedom fighters · abolitionists · deliverers · freers
subjugatorsfreedom fighters
Armed opponents of oppression
resistance leaders · revolutionaries · insurgents · rebels · independence movements