Slavery vs Pseudoslave - What's the difference?
slavery | pseudoslave |
An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
(figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
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Someone whose condition resembles, but is not actually, slavery
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As nouns the difference between slavery and pseudoslave
is that slavery is an institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers while pseudoslave is someone whose condition resembles, but is not actually, slavery.slavery
English
(wikipedia slavery)Noun
(en-noun)- Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery .
See also
* debt bondage * bonded labor * bonded labourReferences
* * * * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.pseudoslave
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