subjection, subjeccioun, subjectioun

[O. Fr. subiection, from Lat. subjectionem, acc us. of subjectio; Fr. sujétion; Sp. sujecion; Ital. suggezione.] 1. The act of subjecting or subduing; the act of vanquishing and bringing under the power, authority, or dominion of another. "After the conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels."-Hale. 2. The state of a subject; the state or condition of being under the power, control, or authority of another. IMG:content-0481.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Literature and Art : Applied to a production characterized by the prominence given to the individuality of the author or artist. 2. Metaph.: Relating to the subject, as opposed to the object. "It will be well once for all to explain the modern use of the words subject and object- subjective and objective. The subject is the mind that thinks; the object is that which it thinks about. A subjective impre ion is one which arises in and from the mind itself; an objective arises from observation of external things. A subjective tendency in a poet or thinker would be a preponderating inclination to represent the moods and states of his own mind; whilst the writer who dwells most upon external objects, and suffers us to know little more of his own mind than that it has the power to reproduce them with truth and spirit, exhibits an objective bias."-Thomson: Laws of Thought , § 14.