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

But King Mahendra refuses to swap isolation for the thralldom of any great power, steadfastly pursues a policy of nonalignment.

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

He is named as one of the many who helped to deliver mankind from the thralldom of scholasticism.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)