Definitions for helotisms

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helotisms hel·ot·ism

Spelling: [hel-uh-tiz-uh m, hee-l

IPA: /ˈhɛl əˌtɪz əm, ˈhi lə-/

Helotisms is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 496 anagrams from letters in helotisms (ehilmosst).

Definitions for helotisms

noun

1. the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
2. Ecology. the subordinate organisms in an unequal symbiotic relationship.

Origin of helotisms

First recorded in 1815-25; Helot + -ism

Examples for helotisms

No sign of the times more plainly discovered the helotism to which the Restoration had condemned the young manhood of the epoch.

Such of the Messenians as had not abandoned their country were reduced to helotism.