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Meaning of wage slave | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Someone who works for wages and has little to no professional autonomy.
  2. Someone who does very unpleasant or drudging work for a wage.
    informal

Equivalents

Deutsch Berufsmensch Lohnsklave
Suomi palkkaorja
Français esclave salarié
Bahasa Indonesia budak korporat
日本語 社畜
Nederlands loonslaaf
Português escravo assalariado escravo do salário
Svenska löneslav

Examples

“The catch is that you have to be invested in order to gnaw on it. The superwealthy will do fine buying and selling things. But many wage slaves just don't have the cash.”
“Yankovic stars as George Newman, a daydreaming wage slave whose overactive imagination keeps standing between him and a steady paycheck.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

wage slavery wage stop wage theft wage thief Wage-earner wage-fund doctrine

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