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helotism

/hel-uh-tiz-uhm, hee-luh-/US // ˈhɛl əˌtɪz əm, ˈhi lə- //UK // (ˈhɛləˌtɪzəm, ˈhiː-) //

霸权主义,贪婪主义,奴隶制,霸王条款

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
    • : Ecology. the subordinate organisms in an unequal symbiotic relationship.

Examples

  • A sad helotism, in which religion springs from the soil, instead of descending from heaven!

  • No sign of the times more plainly discovered the helotism to which the Restoration had condemned the young manhood of the epoch.

  • Drunken Helotism is not the only form of erring humanity capable of reading lessons to a republic.

  • Such of the Messenians as had not abandoned their country were reduced to Helotism.