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Meaning of exploitation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃn̩

Definitions

  1. The act of utilizing something; industry
  2. The act of utilizing something; industry.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The improper use of something for selfish purposes
  4. The improper use of something for selfish purposes.
    countable, uncountable
  5. a (daring) deed or action. stories of his military exploits. eksploiteer عَمَل، مَفْخَرَه подвиг façanha smělý čin die Heldentat bedrift; dåd ανδραγάθημαhazaña kangelastegu کار برجسته؛ شاهکار urotyö exploit מַעֲשֶה נוֹעָז कारनामें junačko djelo, podvig (hős)tett tindakan (hetju)dáð, þrekvirki impresa 手柄 영웅적 행위 žygdarbis varoņdarbs eksploitasi heldendaadbedrift, dådwyczyn شهكار،يو ښكاره كار كول façanha faptă vite­jească подвиг hrdinský čin podvig poduhvat bedrift, bragd, hjältedåd การกระทำที่ก...
  6. The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right
  7. The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right.
    countable, uncountable
  8. uitbuiting إسْتِثْمار، إسْتِغلال експлоатация exploração využití die Ausbeutung udnyttelse εκμετάλλευσηexplotación (ära)kasutamine بهره برداری؛ استثمار hyväksikäyttö exploitationניצול खोज izrabljivanje, eksploatacija kiaknázás; kizsákmányolás pemerasan (hag)nÿting; arðrán sfruttamento 開発 착취 naudojimas, eksploatacija ekspluatācija, izmantošana mengeksploitasi exploitatie, uitbuitingutnyttelse; anvendelse, rovdrift eksploatacja, wyzysk په منفى توګه ګټه اخيستنه exploração exploatare разработка; ...
  9. The marketing and promotion of a film
  10. The marketing and promotion of a film.
    countable, uncountable
  11. The act of employing to the greatest possible advantage: exploitation of copper deposits.
  12. A genre of media focused on lurid depictions of topical social issues such as violence, sexuality and marginalized groups
  13. Utilization of another person or group for selfish purposes: exploitation of unwary consumers.
  14. An advertising or publicity program.
  15. the use of something, esp. for profit: exploitation of oil fields.
  16. the use or manipulation of another person for one's own advantage.
  17. promotion; publicity.
  18. misuse, abuse, manipulation, imposition, using, ill-treatment the exploitation of working women
  19. capitalization, utilization, using to good advantage, trading upon the exploitation of the famine by local politicians

Equivalents

Examples

“Whereas in the middle ages the idea of acquiring wealth was limited by a body of moral rules imposed under the sanction of religious authority, after 1500 those rules, and the institutions, habits, and ideas to which they had given birth, were no longer deemed adequate. They were felt as constraint. There were evaded, criticized, abandoned, because it was felt that they interfered with the exploitation of the means of production.”
“the exploitation of children in beauty pageants”
“"The second function is for seers who have used magic, but do not know about the second function. This criteria selects the informed while preventing premeditated exploitation of this function."”
“Undocumented migrants are vulnerable to exploitation.”
“This territory continued to be the greatest field for the exploitation and distribution of our films non-theatrically, […]”
“The difference is that obtaining increased financial input during the production phase of the film reduces the risk during the exploitation phase.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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