enslavement
noun/ɪnˈsleɪvmənt/
/ɪnˈsleɪvmənt/
[uncountable]- the act of making somebody a slave
- In the US the enslavement of Africans and their descendants continued well into the second half of the 19th century.
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- (formal) the act of making somebody/something completely depend on something so that they cannot manage without it
- the enslavement of humanity by technology
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