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
- : 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.
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