exploitations
ek-sploy-TAY-shuhnz/ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃn̩z/
- 1Plural of exploitation.
The documentary exposed the various exploitations of migrant labor across the region.
Colonial exploitations of natural resources left lasting damage to the land.
Note
A plural that only the countable uses of exploitation can take. Every meaning of the noun (putting something to use, using it selfishly, depriving people of what is theirs, promoting a film) works both as a mass noun and as a count noun. The plural picks out separate acts or kinds: the exploitations of a forest, a river, a workforce. For the abstract idea, keep the singular.
exploitations is a form of exploitation
exploitation, noun: Improper use of something for one's own selfish gain. Full entry
- Forms
- exploitationexploitations plural
- Spelling
- exploitation → exploitations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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