Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slavedom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slave-dom
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A region or realm where slavery exists.

noun

The condition or state of being a slave; slavery.

noun

Enslavement; bondage.

Example Sentences

"The puny and selfish potentates of earth may sue for slavedoms and win them, but emancipators and benefactors like these will live in perpetually augmented glory, […]"
"My concern however, is to break those chains of slavedom."
"The supposed equality of the South, he argued, was "not the equality of citizens, but of so many masterships or slavedoms. […]""
""[…] But we offer you equality: at least equality in slavedom; if you are to be slaves, at least you can be slaves to your own color and race and religion.”"
"But this is not the new meaning of the word chaos that we are driving up to. There exists an infinitely strong and fast vibration in the soul—a kind of ultra-hyper-chaos—that lets it resonate in love and in the overcoming of slavedom."

Etymology

From slave + -dom.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: slave

Inflected Forms

slavedoms (plural)

Questions

What does slavedom mean?: A region or realm where slavery exists.
Where does slavedom come from?: From slave + -dom.

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