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English noun: exploitation | |||
| 1. | exploitation (act) the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | ||
| Samples | The development of Alaskan resources. The exploitation of copper deposits. | ||
| Synonyms | development | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | capitalisation, capitalization, commercialisation, commercialization, electrification, land development, overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation, overutilization, unitisation, unitization, water development, water program, water project | ||
| 2. | exploitation (act) an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | ||
| Samples | Capitalistic exploitation of the working class. Paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization. | ||
| Synonyms | using, victimisation, victimization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mistreatment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blaxploitation, colonialism, sexploitation | ||
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