Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of wage slavery.
As pointed out by the reformers of the late 1800s, wagery is quite similar to slavery.
2006, Roy J. Adams, Labour Left Out, page 162 more examples
The Christian Churches, notably the English Nonconformists, are now betraying deep concern at the dehumanising effects of wagery.
1914, S. G. Hobson, Alfred Richard Orage, National Guilds: An Inquiry Into the Wage System and the Way OutDuring the past two years we have been at great pains to elaborate a constructive programme to be followed after the wage-earners had repudiated wagery.
1968, Ken Coates, Anthony Topham, Tony Topham, Industrial Democracy in Great Britain, page 40Synonyms: wage slavery
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of wage slavery.
Origin
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wagery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wagery
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