helotism

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  1. noun A system under which a nominally free social class or a religious, national, or racial minority is permanently oppressed and degraded.
  2. noun A type of symbiosis, as among certain ants, in which one species is dominant and makes the members of another species perform the tasks required for their mutual survival.

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/ˈhilɑtɪzm/
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