"wagedom" meaning in All languages combined

See wagedom on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: wage + -dom Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wage|dom}} wage + -dom Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wagedom (uncountable)
  1. The practice of hiring workers for wages. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-wagedom-en-noun-WZ6qwfGj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -dom

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          "ref": "1880, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, The Claims of Labour, Or, Serfdom, Wagedom, and Freedom, page 47",
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          "text": "We may minimize it as we may by exaggerating our notions of the due rewards of enterprise ; but if we take the ethical idea of partnership as our concept of wagedom, if we look on human labour as a merchandise, we cannot logically resist the conclusion that capital, in part at any rate, is the product of injustice.",
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