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Meaning of "wage slave" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WAGE SLAVE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAGE SLAVE

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Wage slave is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WAGE SLAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Wage slavery

Wage slavery refers to a situation where a worker's livelihood depends on wages, especially when the dependence is total and immediate.[1][2] It is a pejorative term used to draw an analogy between slavery and wage labor by focusing on similarities between owning and renting a person. The term wage slavery has been used to criticize economic exploitation and social stratification, with the former seen primarily as unequal bargaining power between labor and capital, [3] and the latter as a lack of workers' self-management, fulfilling job choices and leisure in an economy.[4][5][6] The criticism of social stratification covers a wider range of employment choices bound by the pressures of a hierarchical society to perform otherwise unfulfilling work that deprives humans of their "species character"[7] not only under threat of starvation or poverty, but also of social stigma and status diminution.[8][9][10] Similarities between wage labor and slavery were noted as early as Cicero in Ancient Rome.

Definition of wage slave in the English dictionary

The definition of wage slave in the dictionary is a person dependent on a wage or salary.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAGE SLAVE

wage clerk
wage demand
wage determination
wage differential
wage drift
wage earner
wage freeze
wage incentive
wage increase
wage indexation
wage negotiations
wage packet
wage rates
wage restraint
wage rise
wage scale
wage settlement
wage slip
wage spread
wage worker

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAGE SLAVE

autoclave
beslave
clave
conclave
disenslave
enclave
enslave
exclave
galley slave
laticlave
lave
reenslave
sclave
slave
white slave

Synonyms and antonyms of wage slave in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «wage slave» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAGE SLAVE

Find out the translation of wage slave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wage slave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wage slave» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

工资奴隶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esclavo asalariado
570 millions of speakers

English

wage slave
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मजदूरी दास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرقيق الأجور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раб заработной платы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escravo do salário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মজুরি দাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

esclave de salaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gaji hamba
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lohnsklave
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

賃金の奴隷
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

임금 노예
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wage budak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nô lệ tiền lương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊதிய அடிமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेतन गुलाम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ücret köle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

schiavo salariato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewolnikiem płac
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

раб заробітної плати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sclav salariu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισθών σκλάβος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

loon slaaf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

löneslav
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lønns-slave
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wage slave

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAGE SLAVE»

The term «wage slave» is normally little used and occupies the 111.824 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAGE SLAVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wage slave

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAGE SLAVE»

Discover the use of wage slave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wage slave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Wage Slave's Glossary
Provides an alphabetical survey of popular work terms and phrases used in American work environments throughout history, with definitions, synonyms, and short commentaries for each entry.
Joshua Glenn, 2011
2
Wage Slave No More: Law and Taxes for the Self-Employed
The era of lifetime employment is over. Millions of people have gone into business for themselves rather than sign on for a ride on the corporate roller coaster.
Stephen Fishman, 1998
3
Wage-Slave's Escape
The text sounds and images of WAGE-SLAVE'S ESCAPE are based on a variety of sources. WAGE-SLAVE'S ESCAPE was originally produced as an enhanced cyberbuch. As such it can be inserted into the virtual-visual port of any standard ...
Mike Ballard, 2009
4
Going Dutch: Trials of a Wage Slave
A humorous, yet biting comparison of social differences, cultural perceptions, working life and employer/employee confrontations in America and Europe. All done as a cynical, yet disarming commentary.
Thomas L. Segerson, 2003
5
War What For?
But the capitalist employer of the WAGE-slave worker does not buy the wage- earner for life; he buys the wage- earner, the wage-slave, m Sections ; that is, for a month, or a week or a Jay at a time — eight or ten hours' labor-power per day.
George R Kirkpatrick, 2014
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Wage Slave No More: The Independent Contractor's Legal ...
Written by an attorney specifically for this group, "Wage Slave No More" covers what is necessary to know in order to run a successful business. Illus.
Attorney Stephen Fishman, 1997
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Class in America: An Encyclopedia
There is even a Wage Slave Journal, which seeks to analyze modern politics from a radical left perspective that draws on Marxism and anarchism (though often in a rather blunt fashion). In its modern usage, wage slavery usually refers to the ...
Robert E. Weir, 2007
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Class in America: Q-Z
There is even a Wage Slave Journal, which seeks to analyze modern politics from a radical left perspective that draws on Marxism and anarchism (though often in a rather blunt fashion). In its modern usage, wage slavery usually refers to the ...
Robert E. Weir, 2007
9
From Slave to Untouchable: Lincoln's Solution
He was kept at a greater distance from white people and more insulted on account of his color in the North than in Louisiana.58 Even so, the concerns of the white wage slave had to be addressed. While the employer-controllers had the ...
Paul Kalra, 2011
10
Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Voices of Resistance, Reform, and ...
Now, under the present system, exploiting the wage slave is respectable. I have already shown you that wherever the worker is exploited he is despised. So you will see that despising the wage slave is quite fashionable. ... As long as the ...
Manning Marable, Leith Mullings, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAGE SLAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wage slave is used in the context of the following news items.
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In Japan, Digital Wage Slaves Live in Internet Cafes
Internet cafés are nothing new, but over the past decade in Japan these 24-hour stalls have been adjusting their services to cater to a new clientèle — temporary ... «Big Think, Mar 15»
2
The politically convenient but largely bogus Unified Economic …
Here's some good news for America's 99.99 percent: We probably aren't destined to wage slave our way through a nightmarish Downton Abbey-meets-Elysium ... «The Week Magazine, Mar 15»
3
Listen: Bonecruncher - Wage Slaves
The record was recorded and mixed by Vanya at Scumbag College recording studios and is loaded with eight slaying cuts including our pick 'Wage Slaves', ... «Undertheradar, Mar 15»
4
Wage Slave Quits Office Job To Become A Professional Zombie
A finance worker bored with the soul-destroying tedium and sheer vacuous mundanity of the weekly nine to five grind has jacked it all in to become a full-time ... «The Inquisitr, Jan 15»
5
Why Millennials Are The New Wage Slaves
While protests by minimum wage workers have received national spotlight in recent years, the insidious problem of wage inequality can be seen throughout the ... «Benzinga, Nov 14»
6
The Truth About The Minimum Wage
All of my first six or seven part-time jobs paid the minimum wage, which was ... Yet this is what minimum-wage slave-labor CEOs want us to believe: that a ... «Forbes, Oct 14»
7
5 ways to nap at the office, according to a Japanese wage slave
We've all been there. Maybe it was an ill-advised night out the day before or a colicky newborn that wouldn't sleep or just the shitty weather, we've all had days ... «ROCKETNEWS24, Jul 14»
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Tax, Debt, Wage and Fiat Slavery: How the Elites Extract Wealth …
Most Americans also have personal experience of being a wage slave. ... Tax slavery, debt slavery, wage slavery, and fiat slavery are four methods that elites ... «Center for Research on Globalization, May 14»
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To Save our Planet We Must End Wage Slavery and Rebuild the …
This explains the use of the term “wage slavery” by some who oppose capitalism. It suggests that working for wages is similar to being a slave. The Wikipedia ... «Dissident Voice, Apr 14»
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In defence of sycophantic wage slaves
Wage slaves, he said, learn early on to be phoney for a living; the phoniest make it to the boardroom, where they visit their backbiting and guile upon each other. «Financial Times, Mar 14»

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