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wagery en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of wage + slavery.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Synonym of wage slavery.
    • The Christian Churches, notably the English Nonconformists, are now betraying deep concern at the dehumanising effects of wagery. 1914, S. G. Hobson, Alfred Richard Orage, National Guilds: An Inquiry Into the Wage System and the Way Out:
    • During the past two years we have been at great pains to elaborate a constructive programme to be followed after the wage-earners had repudiated wagery. 1968, Ken Coates, Anthony Topham, Tony Topham, Industrial Democracy in Great Britain, page 40:
    • As pointed out by the reformers of the late 1800s, wagery is quite similar to slavery. 2006, Roy J. Adams, Labour Left Out, page 16:

Synonyms

wage slavery