as in conquest
the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control
a holy man for whom the subjection of earthly desires is the path to spiritual perfection
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Recent Examples of subjection
Miners argue increased subjection to the dust has led to an eruption of black lung, an incurable disease associated with inhaling the particles.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subjection
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Among a dizzying choice of tours, a few standouts include a Night Street Food Tour of Palermo with Palermo Street Food Tours, where tales of conquest are woven into arancini, panelle, and pani ca’ meusa tastings.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Many of the Pueblos focused their animosity on the clerical authorities who justified the brutality of the Spanish conquest.—
Peter C. Mancall,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2026
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Nazism’s total domination politically and socially found an aesthetic counterpart in the visual reduction of bodies to things, ecstatically subdued before the hypnotic power of a leader, force, or sublime beauty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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The rest of the game is pretty much total domination.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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If the approval of the most important tastemakers (gay people) wasn’t enough, The New Yorker had crowned Industry as the best TV show of 2024, with the show dominating critics’ year-end lists, from Vanity Fair to Vulture and The Guardian.—
Louis Staples,
Glamour,
12 Jan. 2026
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Essentially, the Golden Globes TV honors were a redux of the TV Academy’s Emmy Awards winners with The Pitt, The Studio and Adolescence dominating both.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Subjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subjection. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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