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Definition of Helotism
1. n. The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery.
Definition of Helotism
1. Noun. The permanent oppression of a nominally free group of people ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) A form of symbiosis in which one species is forced to perform tasks for another, for their mutual benefit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Helotism
1. slavery or or serfdom [n -S]
Medical Definition of Helotism
1. A type of organism-organism interaction where one organism enslaves the other for its own benefit. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helotism
Literary usage of Helotism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1900)
"This helotism is contrary to the nature of things. ... But helotism joins in the
same person the slavery established by voluptuous nations and that of the ..."
2. On Labour: Its Wrongful Claims and Rightful Dues, Its Actual Present and by William Thomas Thornton (1870)
"Three or four generations back, to any one who had already begun to doubt whether
helotism were the fitting condition of two-thirds of his fellow-creatures, ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1879)
"... by the Hindu community, into helotism, and from that of helotism into a graded
rank within the area of recognised castes, and finally the merging into a ..."
4. Lectures on Ancient History: From the Earliest Times to the Taking of by Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1852)
"... in a condition of perfect helotism. This relation occurs frequently: thus the
... however, remained in their state of helotism, because they were purely ..."
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