Antonyms for serfdom


Grammar : Noun
Spell : surf
Phonetic Transcription : sÉœrf


Definition of serfdom

Origin :
  • 1850, from serf + -dom. Earlier in the same sense was serfage (1775).
  • noun slavery
Example sentences :
  • All military conquest involves the ancient practices of serfdom.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • In half an hour I was her abject slave, and proud in my serfdom.
  • Extract from : « The Fifth String   » by John Philip Sousa
  • All things have their climax, and France is tending swiftly to the climax of her serfdom.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He was the real abolisher of serfdom in Russia, as history will yet prove.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • The man is not tied to the land, as in serfdom; nor is the land tied to the man, as in a peasantry.
  • Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton
  • At the time of the abolition of serfdom in 1861, Russia had hardly any factories.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Bread » by Peter Kropotkin
  • They were free to go, for serfdom was disappearing from most of the European countries.
  • Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe
  • It made the abolition of serfdom final and absolute on and after October 8, 1810.
  • Extract from : « The Governments of Europe » by Frederic Austin Ogg
  • Astriction to the soil was at once the foundation and the symbol of that serfdom.
  • Extract from : « Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber » by James Aitken Wylie
  • The institutions of slavery, serfdom, and personal property existed.
  • Extract from : « A History of Spain » by Charles E. Chapman

Synonyms for serfdom

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