thralldom
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Critics and Cassandras of our thralldom to secondhand experience via the Internet are hardly scarce — Jaron Lanier, Evgeny Morozov, and Clifford Stoll are only among the most cogent.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2022
This backdrop contains vivid scenes -- among them, the subjugation of an immense subcontinent and ancient cultures by an upstart island, and the upheavals that result when this thralldom is abruptly ended.
From Time Magazine Archive
I can readily understand how anyone under the influence of kingo could be dragged into a gruesome form of thralldom.
From Time Magazine Archive
But King Mahendra refuses to swap isolation for the thralldom of any great power, steadfastly pursues a policy of nonalignment.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Saxon synonym thrall has become obsolete in our language, but some of its derivations, as thralldom, are still in use.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott
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