subjugation
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In the Americas, for example, where a history of colonization, enslavement and subjugation explains why almost all the foreign ancestry in African American and Latin American individuals comes from European males.
From New York Times
Its themes of female subjugation and male domination have resonated with women today who see threats in limits on abortion rights, or in Israel’s case, in the rise of its conservative, religious government.
From Seattle Times
“The assistance by imperialists is a trap for plundering and subjugation meant to wrest 100 things after giving one,” the North’s main Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary Wednesday.
From Seattle Times
And if Taiwan’s subjugation requires me to feed Chinese troops into a meat grinder, can I survive the backlash at home?
From Washington Post
To a watching world, the garment became an emblem of Afghan women’s subjugation under Taliban rule.
From Los Angeles Times
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