Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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subjugation | Yes | No | No | No |
repression | Yes | No | No | No |
subjugation (noun) | repression (noun) |
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the act of conquering | the act of repressing; control by holding down |
the act of subjugating by cruelty | (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious |
forced submission to control by others | a state of forcible subjugation |