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of complaint. 4 participant, case, guinea-pig, testee: The
subjects of the experiment were all in their thirties. 5
citizen, national; taxpayer, voter; liegeman, vassal: She
became a British subject after her marriage to Frank.
--adj. 6 Usually, subject to. exposed (to), open (to),
vulnerable (to), susceptible (to), prone (to), disposed (to), at
the mercy (of), liable (to suffer or undergo): She is subject
to asthma attacks. This kind of wood is subject to worm
infestation. 7 discussed, under discussion, referred to, above:
The subject book was not returned before the due date. 8
subject to. a answerable to, responsible for, bound by,
obedient to, subservient to, submissive to, controlled by, under
the control of: You are subject to the same laws as everyone
else. b dependent on, conditional on, contingent on: All leave
is subject to the approval of the departmental head.
--v. 9 subject to. expose, lay open, submit, put through,
impose on, cause to undergo: How could anyone subject another
human being to such cruelty? 10 conquer, subjugate, dominate,
subdue, enslave, enthral, crush, humble: The peoples subjected
by the Romans sometimes fared better than when independent.
subjection
n. subordination, domination, conquest, subjugation,
enslavement, enthralment, humbling, humiliation: Their goal was
the subjection of all peoples in the Mediterranean area.
subjective
adj. 1 personal, individual, idiosyncratic; prejudiced, biased:
His review of the play was entirely subjective. 2 self-centred,
egoistic, egocentric, selfish, self-serving: Your approach is
much too subjective to be of interest to others.
--n. 3 Technical nominative: The subjective of 'me' is 'I'.
subjugate v. dominate, enslave, enthral, crush, humble, subject, oppress,
suppress, put down, tyrannize, subdue, reduce, quell, overcome,
overpower, make subservient or submissive, humble, humiliate:
Few peoples have been subjugated so ignominiously as the
American Indians.
sublimate v. transmute, alter, transform; channel, divert: He sublimates