serfdom
pronunciation
How to pronounce serfdom in British English:
UK [ˈsɜ:fdəm]
How to pronounce serfdom in American English:
US [ˈsɜrfdəm]
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- Noun:
- the state of a serf
Word Origin
- serfdom (n.)
- 1850, from serf + -dom. Earlier in the same sense was serfage (1775).
Example
- 1. They had gone from serfdom through autocracy to bolshevism .
- 2. Feudalism , landed nobles , and serfdom were born .
- 3. Appeals to liberate growers from their serfdom to the champagne houses are no longer in fashion .
- 4. Mired in serfdom , tyranny , and daily violence , russia had been left out .
- 5. The republicans say that mr obama is leading america into socialised serfdom ; the democrats retort that mr romney would restore the conditions that caused the recession .