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slavery

noun
/ˈsleɪvəɹi//ˈslævəɹi/

Etymology

From slave + -ery.

  1. derived from σκῡλεύω
  2. derived from Σκλάβος
  3. derived from Sclavus — “Slav”
  4. derived from sclavus — “slave”
  5. derived from sclave
  6. inherited from sclave
  7. suffixed as slavery — “slave + ery”

Definitions

  1. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use…

    An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.

    • abolition of slavery
    • modern slavery
    • slavery system

  2. Forced labor in general, regardless of legality.

  3. A condition of servitude endured by a slave.

    • If you wil willingly remaine with me, You ſhall haue honors, as your merits be: Or els you ſhal be forc’d with ſlauerie.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.

      • Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery.

    2. Covered in slaver

      Covered in slaver; slobbery.

      • The giant snow bear, the wolf with slavery jaws or the claws of the silent great cats were all a part. Creatures of man's oldest nightmares were the other side of that face.

The neighborhood

Derived

antislavery, bondslavery, chattel slavery, debt slavery, geoslavery, neo-slavery, postslavery, preslavery, proslavery, proslaveryism, pseudoslavery, sell into slavery, sexual slavery, technoslavery, wagery, wage slavery, white slavery

Vish — recursive loop

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

7 hops · closes at slavery

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