Definition of "serfdom" [serfdom]

• The state of being a serf. (noun)
• The feudal system that includes serfs. (noun)

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• "The fact that anyone believes anything from these liars, and fellow aparatchiks who participate in their own serfdom, is proof that most people are just out and out stupid."
• "I think Hayeks later writing after road to serfdom is in general more reasonable."
• "By that standard, artists have always been chained in serfdom, cruelly compelled to perform without any prior guarantee that people would like their work enough to pay for it."