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Subjugation vs Subservience - What's the difference?

subjugation | subservience |

As nouns the difference between subjugation and subservience

is that subjugation is the act of subjugating while subservience is the state of being subservient.

subjugation

English

Noun

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  • The act of subjugating.
  • The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
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    • , author=(Jan Sapp) , title=Race Finished , volume=100, issue=2, page=164 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation , exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?}}

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    * subjugate

    Synonyms

    * conquest

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    subservience

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being subservient.