Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dark satanic mill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: dark- sa-tan-ic mill
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing

Derogatory

noun

a similar modern form of exploitation.

Example Sentences

"Instead, the 30-year-old singer's subjects include that modern satanic mill, the call centre."
"The working class just looks different. "Call centres are the new dark satanic mills. We have people who have to put their hand up to ask to go to the toilet."
"Danny Boyle is expected present a grim picture of Britain's satanic mills with a towering factory chimney the centrepiece of a scene showing off the country's coal-powered past."
"The former prime minister Tony Abbott has continued his crusade against wind turbines, labelling them the “dark satanic mills of the modern era”."
"Never once did it cross my mind that these dark satanic mills were not only products of Yorkshire and Lancashire entrepreneurs, but built on the back of a vast network of slaves and slave-owning people who amassed the wealth of Great Britain in the industrial revolution."

Etymology

From William Blake's poem, And did those feet in ancient time (1804): “And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?”.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

dark satanic mills (plural)

Questions

What does dark satanic mill mean?: A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing
Where does dark satanic mill come from?: From William Blake's poem, And did those feet in ancient time (1804): “And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?”.

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