The desire for individual freedom today often crosses all sorts of reasonable boundaries. In order to throw off the illusory fetters, a person is ready to commit unethical and even illegal actions. Because many contemporaries believe that submission is a form of oppression, the maximum suppression of will and desire. But what if we examine the term in more detail, its origin and gradual evolution? Suddenly, is it not so scary?
From cart to state
Together with philologists look deep into centuries. There you can find the capacious Old Russian term "chin", which breaks up into many meanings important for the state system:
- order;
- rule
- power;
- position;
- collection.
It is equally possible to repair a fallen off wheel or reprisal against villains. Because by doing so you streamline the world and / or return things to their proper order.
Outright addiction
But how to interpret the concept in the 21st century? The standard meaning of the word "submission" has two options:
- action or condition according to the corresponding verb;
- syntactic relationship between sentence elements.
With the second case, everything is obvious. Coordination by gender, number and case, so that to each reader the phrase conveys the author’s intention without distortion. But what about the first value? What verb are we talking about? You need to look closely at the word "subjugate." It sounds a little creepy and even ugly given the realities of our time. However, the meaning is rather neutral:
- make someone addicted;
- transfer to another person;
- conquer, subdue, or subdue;
- attach according to grammar.
Initially, the speaker means building a hierarchy, a management system. The meaning already flows from here when one can delegate one’s authority to another boss. A allegorical definition is often used in fiction to describe military campaigns, political changes in the state system.
Harmonious concept
How appropriate is “submission” today? This is an organic part of many political, administrative terms. When it comes to any control system, the word is indispensable! It is exclusively official and devoid of the slightest negative connotation, does not degrade human dignity and does not insult. An entirely different thing is interpersonal relationships.
Even if the family establishes a special order for children or animals, you should not step over the line and completely destroy the smallest sprouts of independence. Mindless total control can pervert the nature of the subordinate, destroy it as a person. Or lead to the opposite result, causing a small revolution and a complete breakdown of relations with loved ones. Be reasonable, try to ask, not order!