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slaveholding

/ˈsleɪvˌhoʊl.dɪŋ/

Traducción: Adjetivo que describe la práctica o condición de poseer esclavos; actualmente se considera desusado y con carga histórica., Sustantivo que designa la práctica o institución de poseer esclavos como propiedad, así como el hecho de tener esclavos o el sistema social basado en ello.

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adjective

formalcommonobsoleto/ˈsleɪvˌhoʊl.dɪŋ/

An adjective describing the practice or condition of owning slaves; now considered archaic and historically charged.

  • 🇪🇸Adjetivo que describe la práctica o condición de poseer esclavos; actualmente se considera desusado y con carga histórica.
  1. Allowing or practicing slavery C1 formal

    Describing a person, society, or region that permits or engages in the practice of owning slaves.

    • The slaveholding states in the 19th century had economies dependent on forced labor.
    • Slaveholding societies often had strict laws to control enslaved people.
    • The abolitionist movement fought against slaveholding practices.

    🇪🇸esclavista

  • more slaveholding comparative form
  • most slaveholding superlative form

noun

C2formalcommon/ˈsleɪvˌhəʊl.dɪŋ/

incontable

A noun referring to the practice or institution of owning slaves as property.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa la práctica o institución de poseer esclavos como propiedad, así como el hecho de tener esclavos o el sistema social basado en ello.
  1. Practice of owning slaves C1 formal

    The act or practice of owning and controlling other people as property, forcing them to work without freedom or payment.

    • Slaveholding was a brutal institution that caused immense suffering.
    • The economy of the region was heavily dependent on slaveholding.
    • Historical records detail the harsh realities of slaveholding.

    🇪🇸Esclavitud (posesión de esclavos)

    Sinónimos: slavery

  • slaveholdings plural form
  • slaveholdings' possessive plural form
  • slaveholding's possessive singular form