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captivity

noun
/kæpˈtɪvɪti/

Etymology

From Middle English captivite, from Latin captīvitās. By surface analysis, captive + -ity. Entered into the English lexicon around the 14th century.

  1. derived from captīvitās
  2. inherited from captivite

Definitions

  1. The state of being captive.

    • held in captivity
    • escape from captivity
    • The animals lived in captivity at the zoo.

  2. A group of people/beings captive.

  3. The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.

    • long captivity

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Derived

anticaptivity, precaptivity, semicaptivity

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at captivity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at captivity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at captivity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA