under the bootheel of

phrase

Subjugated by (an oppressive force).

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Meanings

phrase
  1. Subjugated by (an oppressive force).

    Serfdom was formally abolished in 1861 as part of the Great Reforms under Alexander II. But the peasantry, the preponderant class in czarist Russia, still lived under the boot heel of patriarchal semi-feudalism.

    2004 July 8, Leslie Feinberg, “Gender & sexuality in czarist Russia”, in Workers World
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APA

under the bootheel of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20the%20bootheel%20of

MLA

“under the bootheel of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20the%20bootheel%20of. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “under the bootheel of,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under%20the%20bootheel%20of.

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