What does exploitation mean?

Definitions for exploitation
ˌɛk splɔɪˈteɪ ʃənex·ploita·tion

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word exploitation.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. exploitation, developmentnoun

    the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

    "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits"

  2. exploitation, victimization, victimisation, usingnoun

    an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

    "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"

Wiktionary

  1. exploitationnoun

    The act of exploiting or utilizing.

  2. Etymology: exploitation

ChatGPT

  1. exploitation

    Exploitation refers to the act of unjustly using something or someone for one's own advantage or benefit, often without giving fair return. This could refer to natural resources, individuals, consumer behavior, labor conditions, inequalities, among others, and usually involves an imbalance of power and misuse of it.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exploitationnoun

    the act of exploiting or utilizing

  2. Etymology: [F.]

Wikidata

  1. Exploitation

    This article discusses the term exploitation in the meaning of using something in an unjust or cruel manner.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. exploitation

    1. Taking full advantage of success in military operations, following up initial gains, and making permanent the temporary effects already achieved. 2. Taking full advantage of any information that has come to hand for tactical, operational, or strategic purposes. 3. An offensive operation that usually follows a successful attack and is designed to disorganize the enemy in depth. See also attack; pursuit.

Editors Contribution

  1. Exploitation

    Using a person or situation to benefit personally from.

    Foster homes in the beginning were exploiting the children.


    Submitted by anonymous on August 19, 2019  

Matched Categories

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'exploitation' in Nouns Frequency: #2539

How to pronounce exploitation?

How to say exploitation in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of exploitation in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of exploitation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of exploitation in a Sentence

  1. Speaker Pelosi:

    We believe in the free market. But we do not believe that the free market should have the exploitation of consumers in our country with the support of the government by banning the ability for the secretary to negotiate for lower prices, the President said in the course of The President run for office and since then that we're going to negotiate like crazy.

  2. Jeff Chiu/AP:

    Algorithms manipulate our psychology to shape our minds and our behavior, without competition for them to do so responsibly, with too little competition over privacy, we find our most intimate data mined and sold with abandon. The digital age is not only characterized by the presence of monopoly power, but by new means of its exploitation more threatening to individual freedom than ever before.

  3. Eric Greitens:

    The sexual revolution has led to exploitation of women on a scale that we would never have imagined, eric Greitens know what I'm talking about, the 1960s, 1970s, it became commonplace in our culture among our cultural elites, Hollywood, and the media to talk about -- to denigrate the biblical truth about husband and wife, man and woman.

  4. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer:

    President Donald Trump unfortunately appears to see the pandemic as just another opportunity to promote President Donald Trump own political interests, the No PR Act puts an end to the president's exploitation of taxpayer money for promotional material that only benefits his re-election campaign.

  5. Joaquin Castro:

    These are people who feed us, clean our homes and hospitals and offices… and they do all this while living in fear of deportation, exploitation and now of this pandemic.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

exploitation#10000#11557#100000

Translations for exploitation

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for exploitation »

Translation

Find a translation for the exploitation definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"exploitation." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Mar. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/exploitation>.

Discuss these exploitation definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for exploitation? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    express strong disapproval of
    A condemn
    B acclaim
    C demolish
    D adventure

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for exploitation: