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Definition of enslavement in English: enslavementnoun ɛnˈsleɪvm(ə)ntɛnˈsleɪvmənt mass nounThe action of making someone a slave; subjugation. the enslavement of millions of Africans Example sentencesExamples - Confronted now with the possibility of ridding the world of a tyrant, they opt for further enslavement of his subjects.
- Nine children and three women told similar stories of enslavement and brutalization, including rape.
- Thirty years of totalitarianism reduced people's capacity to think, producing a society in love with its own enslavement.
- Only such a premise can legitimise the wholesale domination, enslavement or extermination of other peoples.
- No enslavement and no tyranny are as ruthless and as demanding as slavery to physical desires and passions.
Synonyms subjugation, disenfranchisement, suppression, tyranny, subjection, oppression, domination, exploitation, persecution slavery, servitude, bondage, forced labour bonds, chains, fetters, shackles, restraints, yoke Biology dulosis literary thraldom, thrall historical serfdom, vassalage, helotage, helotry, helotism archaic enthralment, duress
Definition of enslavement in US English: enslavementnounenˈslāvməntɛnˈsleɪvmənt The action of making someone a slave; subjugation. the enslavement of millions of Africans Example sentencesExamples - Nine children and three women told similar stories of enslavement and brutalization, including rape.
- Confronted now with the possibility of ridding the world of a tyrant, they opt for further enslavement of his subjects.
- No enslavement and no tyranny are as ruthless and as demanding as slavery to physical desires and passions.
- Thirty years of totalitarianism reduced people's capacity to think, producing a society in love with its own enslavement.
- Only such a premise can legitimise the wholesale domination, enslavement or extermination of other peoples.
Synonyms subjugation, disenfranchisement, suppression, tyranny, subjection, oppression, domination, exploitation, persecution
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