SUBJECTION Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

subjection

noun

Definition of subjection

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 The Handmaid's Tale spared no sensitivities when diving into the cruelest treatment people like June, and even Lydia, experience at the hands of a totalitarian system bent on the total subjection of women. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026 As the man brawls with his in-laws, the boy is caught between two worlds, of male rage and female subjection. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026 Miners argue increased subjection to the dust has led to an eruption of black lung, an incurable disease associated with inhaling the particles. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025

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Noun

The taboos against assassination, targeting civilians, and embarking on wars of territorial conquest are vanishing.

— Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
From farther north Ahmad Shah Durrani led as many as eight conquests into India, specifically into the Punjab and Delhi.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of conquest

Noun

This was the Blond Ambition summer on the small screen — a wave of platinum domination entirely unrelated to the release of a new Madonna album.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
For the Muslim-majority regions that had once seen themselves as centers of learning and power, European domination over parts of Asia – including South Asia and Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East – was seen as humiliating.

— Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of domination

Noun

In the fall, McAfee will be a full part of the ESPN presentation nearly every day of the week — and on Mondays, a dominating presence day and night.

— Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Unlike human will, which can be self-serving, dominating, unjustly conditional, or confusingly unfair, God’s will is wise, loving, free, impartial, and infinitely insightful.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2026

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