Helotism

Word HELOTISM
Character 8
Hyphenation he lot ism
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Helotism"

What do we mean by helotism?

A system under which a nominally free social class or a religious, national, or racial minority is permanently oppressed and degraded. noun

The maintenance, by animals of one species, of individuals of another species in return for their labor as servants. noun

In botany, a peculiar form of symbiosis in which one organism bears to another the relation of slave to master; noting especially the relation of the algal to the fungal component of a lichen: opposed to mutualistic symbiosis.. noun

The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery. noun

The permanent oppression of a nominally free group of people noun

A form of symbiosis in which one species is forced to perform tasks for another, for their mutual benefit noun

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The word "helotism" in example sentences

Whatever the origins of helotism and its relation to slavery, it is reasonably certain that when the Spartans conquered Messenia in the southwest of the Peloponnese (probably in the eighth or seventh century), the native population became helots. ❋ Unknown (2008)

None of this is unique, and ancient and modern authors have found it very difficult to define helotism, because it was not considered to be an ordinary type of unfree labor. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Probably, helotism is a very ancient category; it may even be a survival from Mycenean times. ❋ Unknown (2008)

No sign of the times more plainly discovered the helotism to which the Restoration had condemned the young manhood of the epoch. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Instead, for the sake of avarice, power and even religious helotism, the members of the U.N. allow villains who desire war to obtain nuclear technology and ignore their own resolutions to disarm terrorists. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There is not the slightest likelihood of rebellion on the part of the negroes after 1840, unless some unrighteous attempts be made to keep up the helotism of the class by enactments of partial laws. ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

This form of helotism flourished but three years on American soil. ❋ Helen Kendrick Johnson (1880)

No sign of the times more plainly discovered the helotism to which the ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

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