enslaving
Putting in bondage
Enslaving is the act of making someone a slave—depriving them of freedom and forcing them into servitude.
The word extends to anything that dominates or controls completely: enslaving debt, an enslaving addiction.
Work that consumes all your time and energy can feel enslaving: The job was enslaving—I had no life outside it.
Forcing into submission
- shacklingAttaching restraints to limbs
- captivityState of being confined
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- chainsLinked metal restraints
oppression · servitude · domination · subjection · trafficking · plantation · master · ownership
Underhanded control of others
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- gaslightingManipulation causing self-doubt
- controlAuthority to direct
- abusiveCausing harm or insult
brainwashing · indoctrination · cult · grooming · intimidation · isolation · dominance · toxic
State of needing support
- habitSettled regular tendency
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- substancePhysical material with mass
- cravingPowerful urge to have
withdrawal · hooked · grip · trapped · consuming · obsession · fixation · gambling
Finite problem-solving procedure
- screenDisplay or barrier
- notificationFormal notice given
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
- scrollingMoving display content vertically
attention · surveillance · data · platform · engagement · clickbait · autoplay · smartphone
subjugating
Forcing into submission
- shacklingAttaching restraints to limbs
- captivityState of being confined
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
chains · oppression · servitude · domination · subjection · trafficking · plantation · master · ownership · chattel
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- gaslightingManipulation causing self-doubt
- controlAuthority to direct
abusive · brainwashing · indoctrination · cult · grooming · intimidation · isolation · dominance · toxic · narcissist
dependency
State of needing support
- habitSettled regular tendency
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- substancePhysical material with mass
craving · withdrawal · hooked · grip · trapped · consuming · obsession · fixation · gambling · opioids
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
- screenDisplay or barrier
- notificationFormal notice given
- dopamineReward-linked neural messenger
scrolling · attention · surveillance · data · platform · engagement · clickbait · autoplay · smartphone · social media
- captivatingcaptivating, fascinating, compelling, mesmerizing, hypnotic
- harmharming, injury, hurting, abuse, injuring
enslavingfreeing
Releasing from confinement
liberating · emancipating · releasing · unshackling · discharging
enslavingempowering
Giving authority or confidence
enabling · uplifting · autonomizing · serving · ennobling
slave, slavery, enslave, slavish, enslaved, slavishly, enslaves, enslaver, slavishness