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单词 slavery
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slavery

noun

slav·​ery ˈslā-v(ə-)rē How to pronounce slavery (audio)
1
a
: the practice of slaveholding
b
: the state of a person who is held in forced servitude
c
: a situation or practice in which people are entrapped (as by debt) and exploited
… the unit has freed more than 26,000 workers nationwide from debt slavery. Under the practice, common in the Amazon, poor laborers are lured to remote spots where they rack up debts to plantation owners who charge exorbitant prices for everything from food to transportation. Vivian Sequera
Many members of my own family, including my mother and father, fled their work as sharecroppers in the South. They left for good reason: the profession offered no future and was little more than wage slavery. Will Allen
2
: submission to a dominating influence
slavery to habit
3
: drudgery, toil

Synonyms

  • bondage
  • enslavement
  • servility
  • servitude
  • thrall
  • thralldom
  • thraldom
  • yoke
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Example Sentences

Frederick Douglass was central advocate for the abolition of slavery. My dad put up with the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life.
Recent Examples on the Web Ahead of a trip by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the Caribbean and Central America in March of this year to celebrate the queen, some Jamaican leaders demanded slavery reparations and local opposition in Belize forced them to cancel a trip. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2022 Community meetings are continuing over the possibility of renaming the Sully District, represented by Supervisor Kathy Smith (D), which was named after a former slavery plantation. Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 Such beliefs may stem from the myth of the pathologically dysfunctional Black family that has persisted since the era of U.S. slavery. Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022 The United States, which is a UNESCO member country, commemorates slavery remembrance day on August 20th. Melissa Noel, Essence, 23 Aug. 2022 The main reason pork became a dominant protein in African American cuisine is slavery. Adrian Miller, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where authorities are building a new slavery museum. Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 When the exhibition finishes at the end of August, the objects will travel to Ouidah, once a slave port, where the authorities are building a new slavery museum. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Daniel Webster, who voted for a compromise with slavery repugnant to his Massachusetts constituents, resigned his Senate seat and became secretary of state. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1551, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Kids Definition

slavery

noun

slav·​ery ˈslā-və-rē How to pronounce slavery (audio)
ˈslāv-rē
1
: the state of being owned by another person : bondage
2
: the practice of owning slaves
3
: hard tiring labor : drudgery

slavery

noun

1
as in enslavement
the state of being an enslaved person a child born into slavery

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • enslavement
  • servitude
  • bondage
  • captivity
  • thralldom
  • thraldom
  • yoke
  • servility
  • imprisonment
  • peonage
  • serfdom
  • subjugation
  • thrall
  • incarceration
  • dependence
  • subjection
  • dependance
  • enchainment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • freedom
  • liberty
  • emancipation
  • liberation
  • manumission
  • enfranchisement
  • independence
  • sovereignty
  • autonomy
  • sovranty
  • self-government
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2
as in labor
very hard or unpleasant work endured the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • labor
  • drudgery
  • toil
  • effort
  • pains
  • fatigue
  • sweat
  • struggle
  • drudge
  • travail
  • exertion
  • donkeywork
  • grind
  • obligation
  • moil
  • responsibility
  • trouble
  • duty
  • tedium
  • job
  • chore
  • treadmill
  • spadework
  • routine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rest
  • relaxation
  • leisure
  • entertainment
  • play
  • fun
  • ease
  • recreation
  • amusement
  • decompression
  • sport
  • idleness
  • diversion
  • inertia
  • inactivity
  • repose
  • dormancy
  • dalliance
  • inertness
  • loafing
  • goldbricking
  • dallying
  • lolling
  • lounging
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