English Explanatory Dictionary

exploitation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of utilizing something; industry.
  2. The improper use of something for selfish purposes.
  3. The act or result of forcibly depriving someone of something to which they have a right.
  4. The marketing and promotion of a film.
  5. A genre of media focused on lurid depictions of topical social issues such as violence, sexuality and marginalized groups.

Pronunciation

/ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃn̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exploitation.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-exploitation.wav

Word forms

exploitation exploitations

Etymology

Borrowed from French exploitation, from exploiter (“exploit”), from Latin explicō (“unfold, deploy”). By surface analysis, exploit + -ation.

Related words

exploit exploitable

Derived words

antiexploitation blaxploitation counterexploitation exploitational exploitationer exploitation film exploitative Nazi exploitation nonexploitation overexploitation sexploitation -sploitation superexploitation underexploitation unexploitation
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