thralldom
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- noun
- /ˈθrɔːlˌdɑːm/
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- Ultimately, the most inescapable thralldom is the one that binds phobically marked subjects to the systems of prejudice that render them as such.
- romantic thralldom
Examples
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The theme of sexual thralldom that Hawthorne develops in this novel stems from his gothic figuring of the Wandering Jew.
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Romantic thralldom is an all-encompassing, totally defining love between unequals.
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And in my case, that thralldom is especially acute, because?
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In terms of the latter, to what extent does the "conversion" plot intersect with the theme of thralldom?
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" If thou hast dreamt of thralldom, the virtue of the lake diminisheth.
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If his suspicions are accurate, Kenyon thinks to himself, "What a terrible thralldom did it suggest!" (CE 4: 108, my emphasis).
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The narrator marvels at the hopelessness with which, being naturally of so courageous a spirit, she resigned herself to the thralldom in which he held her, a thralldom he describes as an iron chain round her feminine waist.
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The narrator marvels at the hopelessness with which, being naturally of so courageous a spirit, she resigned herself to the thralldom in which he held her, a thralldom he describes as an iron chain round her feminine waist.
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DuPlessis points out that the various forms of romance plot, including "scripts of heterosexual romance, romantic thralldom, and a telos in marriage," are also social forms expressed at once in individual desires and in a collective code of action including law (2).
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Many people throughout history have struggled to escape the thralldom of oppressive rulers.
Synonyms
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To be forced to work for and obey another person like a slave
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A situation where one person controls another person and they have no freedom
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A state of being controlled and treated like a slave by another person
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Being forced to work for someone as their slave
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Being completely controlled by someone or something
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A state of being completely controlled by another person with no freedom
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Being tied or locked so someone cannot move
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word thralldom comes from an old Norse word thrall meaning 'slave', and the ending -dom, as in kingdom, means 'state of'. So thralldom is the 'state of' being a slave or under another person's control.