"wage slave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wage slaves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wage slave (plural wage slaves)
  1. Someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who works for wages): 社畜 (shèchù) (Chinese Mandarin), loonslaaf [masculine] (Dutch), palkkaorja (Finnish), esclave salarié [masculine] (French), Lohnsklave [masculine] (German), Berufsmensch [masculine] (German), 社畜 (shachiku) (Japanese), escravo do salário [masculine] (Portuguese), escravo assalariado [masculine] (Portuguese), löneslav [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wage_slave-en-noun-RLoWta1~ Disambiguation of People: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'one who works for wages': 71 29
  2. (informal) Someone who does very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Slavery Synonyms: slave to the wage, wagecuck (alt: 4chan) [Internet], wagie Related terms: wage-slave (english: verbal form), wage slavery, slave wage
    Sense id: en-wage_slave-en-noun-LTOwe6FJ Disambiguation of Slavery: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 74

Inflected forms

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