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shadow work

shadow work noun: unpaid labor in the form of self-service.

Noun

shadow work (uncountable)

  1. Unpaid labor in the form of self-service.
  2. (modern witchcraft) Any process intended to make one conscious of a shadow aspect in one's subconscious.

Questions about shadow work

What does shadow work mean?
Shadow work means unpaid labor in the form of self-service.
What part of speech is shadow work?
Shadow work is a noun.

Words near shadow work in the dictionary

  1. shadow volumes
  2. shadow war
  3. shadow wars
  4. shadow witch
  5. shadow witches
  6. shadow work
  7. shadow zone
  8. shadow zones
  9. shadow-ban
  10. shadow-banned
  11. shadow-banning

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