noun · academic
thralldom
/ˈθrɔːl.dəm/THRALL·dom
Band 5-6task2speaking
the state of being in bondage or complete subjection; slavery or servitude (literal or figurative)
Examples
“Many writers used the metaphor of thralldom to describe oppressive regimes.”
“She escaped the thralldom of debt through careful budgeting.”
“The play condemned the social thralldom that prevented upward mobility.”
Band 8 sentence
“The poet's central image contrasted personal liberty with the thralldom of outdated social obligations.”
Collocations
- escape thralldom
- shake off thralldom
- live in thralldom
Word family
thralldom noun
Common mistakes
slavery→thralldom
freedom→thralldom
Say it for a higher band
5slavery→6bondage→7+thralldom
Synonyms
bondage
servitude
Easily confused
bondage
“The memoir described years of bondage under a cruel employer.”
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