Definition

1. Verb:
   • To enslave: The primary meaning of "nô lệ hóa" is to make someone a slave; to reduce a person or group to a condition of servitude and complete subjugation.
   • To subjugate / to dominate completely: It can also mean to bring under complete control or domination, often in a psychological, economic, or political sense, stripping away autonomy.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chế độ thực dân tìm cách nô lệ hóa người dân bản địa. (The colonial regime sought to enslave the indigenous people.)
  • Những chính sách đó có nguy cơ nô lệ hóa cả một thế hệ về mặt tư tưởng. (Those policies risk enslaving an entire generation ideologically.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in socio-political and historical critiques to describe processes of exploitation and dehumanization.
  • Việc nô lệ hóa lao động thông qua nợ nần là một vấn đề nghiêm trọng. (The enslavement of labor through debt is a serious issue.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nô lệ (n): slave.

  • Lịch sử ghi nhận sự đấu tranh chống lại chế độ nô lệ. (History records the struggle against the slavery system.)

• Sự nô lệ hóa (n): enslavement, the act or process of making someone a slave.

  • Sự nô lệ hóa về kinh tế có thể tinh vi hơn thời xưa. (Economic enslavement can be more subtle than in ancient times.)

Synonyms

• Enslave: to make someone a slave.
• Subjugate: to bring under complete control.
• Dominate: to have a commanding influence over.

Related Concepts

• Áp bức (oppression): prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
• Bóc lột (exploitation): the action of treating someone unfairly to benefit from their work.