pseudoslave

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noun

Someone whose condition resembles, but is not actually, slavery

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Meanings

nounpseudoslave (plural pseudoslaves)

plural pseudoslaves

  1. Someone whose condition resembles, but is not actually, slavery

    Minor leaguers and players with less than three years of service time remain pseudoslaves.

    2009 August 23, Dan Rosenheck, “Restoring Sanity to Baseball’s Economics”, in New York Times

Origin

From pseudo- + slave.

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APA

pseudoslave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoslave

MLA

“pseudoslave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoslave. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoslave,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoslave.

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