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wage slavery

wage slavery noun: the dependence on wages for survival.

Noun

wage slavery (uncountable)

  1. The dependence on wages for survival.
    • Under the wage slavery system the wage slave selects his master, and he has got to find one or else he is carried down here to my friend, the jailer, and occupies a cell along side of myself. He is compelled to find one.1886, Albert Richard Parsons, Address of Albert R. Parsons
  2. (derogatory) Any form of employment with very low income.

Questions about wage slavery

What does wage slavery mean?
Wage slavery means the dependence on wages for survival.
What part of speech is wage slavery?
Wage slavery is a noun.

Words near wage slavery in the dictionary

  1. wage scale
  2. wage scales
  3. wage share
  4. wage shares
  5. wage slave
  6. wage slavery
  7. wage slaves
  8. wage stop
  9. wage stops
  10. wage theft
  11. wage thief

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