neoslaveryn.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈsleɪv(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈsleɪv(ə)ri/ A new or modern form of slavery; a revived system of slavery.
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society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > system or institution
slavery1728
servilism1857
chattelism1865
neoslavery1958
1958 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 43 241 One-party politics completed the gamut of controls which invoked white supremacy as a rallying appeal that sealed neo-slavery with statute laws.
1965 G. Jackson Let. 30 Mar. in Soledad Brother (1971) 70 Our people react in different ways to this neoslavery.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 25 Sept. 13/1 The white minority..has imposed upon black people the neoslavery of apartheid.
1997 Jrnl. Blacks in Higher Educ. No. 16. 91 The barbaric neoslavery of New York Rudolph Giuliani's workfare.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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