enslavement
- noun
- /ɪnˈsleɪv.mənt/
- NSFW
- But a life of enslavement is no life at all.
- the enslavement of Africans
- the enslavement of Blacks
- sexual enslavement
It was the worst possible fate, a form of enslavement that not even death could free you from.
- It was the worst possible fate, a form of enslavement that not even death could free you from.
- I, you know, I cited that very much is the legacy of enslavement.
- All the gains since Reconstruction, since the ending of legalized enslavement of people effectively wiped out behind the mortgage crisis.
- And it's it's a choice to take back our freedom and stop these from putting us into a digital enslavement, our social credit system.
- Aristotle goes on, and he says somebody might say that enslavement of prisoners is just, but they might also deny the assertion.
- It was all free labor and I would even argue tortured and you know, enslavement, all of these horrible things.
- But you know, what came to mind was how during the enslavement.
- And then they come along with this enslavement and you're just like, Oh well, OK, I guess.
- So real solutions when it comes to our not just our enslavement that we're currently experiencing, but in our safety.
- That's their ideal, but without any mysteries or lofty sadness, just the lust for power, for filthy earthly lucre, enslavement.
Examples
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We've waited years to be allowed to fight in this war against our own enslavement, and it will not be won without us.
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The enslavement of African Americans was theft.
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First, the enslavement of women by men.
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But to him, the enslavement of fellow men was just as heinous.
Fiction book (1990) -
It was the worst possible fate, a form of enslavement that not even death could free you from.
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They are under enslavement and that persists for hundreds of years.
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Her physical enslavement has become psychological as well, a common occurrence in chronic abuse.
Academic text (2003) -
One of the main characteristics of the Arab Empire was the enslavement of conquered peoples.
Academic text (2008) -
The Nazi blueprint, for the extermination of millions of people, was directly patterned after America's enslavement and segregation of Black people.
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The history of the United States includes the dark chapter of enslavement that affected millions of people.
Synonyms
A state of being kept somewhere and not allowed to leave
A situation where one person controls another person and they have no freedom
To be forced to work for and obey another person like a slave
A state of being controlled and treated like a slave by another person
The act of forcing people or groups to obey
Making people into serfs who must work for a landowner
Being tied or locked so someone cannot move
Antonyms
How Enslaved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enslavement comes from the parts en- meaning 'to make' and slave, a word that long ago came from the name of the Slavic people because many Slavs were taken and forced to work. So enslavement means 'the state of being a slave' or 'the act of making someone a slave'.