technoslavery

Etymology

From techno- + slavery.

technoslavery means slavery facilitated by technology such as computer networks. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

Why “technoslavery” is a great word

TECHNOSLAVERY — [Noun] A state of bondage where technological systems are the primary instrument of control and subjugation. From the combining form techno- (from Greek tekhnē, "art, craft, skill") + slavery (from Old French esclaverie, "state of being a slave"). Unlike "wage slavery," which emphasizes economic dependency, or "automation," which neutrally describes self-operating machinery, technoslavery implicates the tools themselves as both warden and chain. It is the algorithm that dictates every minute of a worker's shift, the biometric scanner that gates access to sustenance, and the seamless digital panopticon that surveils dissent into silence—a master constructed not of flesh, but of code and consequence, proving the oldest bondage requires only the newest tools.

noun

Slavery facilitated by technology such as computer networks.“He argued that the mayor’s “sale” of the children of Philadelphia into the “technoslavery” of the W—— Corporation represented a “clear and present public danger” to which he’d been justified in responding violently.”