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slavery(2) (iou)



slavery noun. M16.
[from SLAVE noun1 + -ERY.]
Severe toil, exhausting labour, drudgery. M16.
Daily News Such people..ought never to keep servants, but do their own slavery.
The condition or fact of being a slave, servitude; onerous subjugation; (now rare) an instance of this. L16.
L. Hellman An old, very black lady who had been born into slavery. W. T. Watts-Dunton The famous elegy..furnishes a striking proof of the poet's slavery to Augustanism.
b. Subjection to or domination by a specified influence. (Foll. by to.) L16.
The practice or institution of keeping slaves, the existence of slaves as a class. E18.
white slavery: see WHITE adjective.
M. Lowry A country of slavery, where human beings were sold like cattle. Interview China abolished slavery on March 10, 1910.

Compulsive shopping (health)


"An obsession with shopping that significantly interferes with the functioning of the individual. The signs are a preoccupation with shopping; anxiety when not shopping; a constant need for a shopping ""fix""; shopping to excess that results in Debt and family or marital discord; and the frequent purchase of items that go unused. Although there is debate as to whether compulsive shopping is a mental disorder, there is evidence that use of an antidepressant medication tends to lessen anxiety and decrease or stop compulsive shopping."