subjection in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for subjection in the English»Spanish Dictionary

subjection [Am səbˈdʒɛkʃ(ə)n, Brit səbˈdʒɛkʃ(ə)n] N U

1. subjection (subjugation):

subjection

sometimiento m

subjection

sujeción f

subjection to sb/sth

sometimiento or sujeción a alguien/algo

we lived in subjection to our father's whim liter

vivíamos sometidos al capricho de nuestro padre

the people were kept in subjection by the military

los militares tenían sometido or sojuzgado al pueblo

2. subjection (making subject):

subjection

sometimiento m

3. subjection (exposure) form:

subjection to sth

exposición f a algo

subjection to high temperatures

exposición a altas temperaturas

Translations for subjection in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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sometimiento

subjection

sometimiento

subjection

el sometimiento de los presos a torturas

the subjection of the prisoners to torture

sujeción

subjection

subjection in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for subjection in the English»Spanish Dictionary

subjection [səbˈdʒekʃən] N no pl POL

subjection

sometimiento m

Translations for subjection in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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sujeción (sometimiento)

subjection

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This positioning of the front foot allows you to walk into the subjection.

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Even members of his own family disapproved of his abandonment of honour and wealth for poverty and subjection.

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In this case, therefore, the subjection was defensive not offensive, and was effected by a legal instrument rather than by violence.

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The subjection theory focuses on explaining the distinction by emphasizing the subordination of private persons to the state.

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Worst of all, he said, was the subjection of children to prison conditions.

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He taught that the subjection of one's body to intense religious zeal can have spiritual benefits.

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His public art often involves concepts of power and its network of hierarchies, surveillance, control, prohibitions and subjection.

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Let us unite together in keeping those turbulent disqualified townsmen in a due subjection.

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Next, from the word help were drawn inferences of authority/subjection distinctions between men and women.

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A combination of the subjection theory and the subject theory arguably provides a workable distinction.

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