exploitation English · revision 16149

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1795|origins=la explicō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃn̩/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|exploitation|t=working of natural resources]],^(OED 2026)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|fr|exploiter]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Klein 1966) from [[fro|esploitier|t=to achieve, perform]],^(MWU 2024) ultimately from [[la|explicitum]], the neuter past participle of [[m|la|explicō|t=to unfold]].^(Klein 1966)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The extraction or harvesting of natural resources: 1795, in a translation by ‘Colonel Frederick’;^(OED 2026) Etymonline and Merriam-Webster date the word to 1803.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ At first it was a positive word for productive working, although regarded as a Gallicism.^(Etymonline) French itself had used it for taking unfair advantage from 1829–32,^(OED 2026) and English took on that sense in the 1830s to 1850s, partly from French socialist writing such as that of Saint-Simon and perhaps from American anti-slavery writing;^(Etymonline) the OED's first English example is from 1832.^(OED 2026) Making full use of something is from 1831.^(OED 2026) The American Heritage Dictionary also records the sense of an advertising or publicity campaign.^(AHD 2024)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1795 – working of natural resources.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1831 – making full use of something.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1832 – unfair use for one's own ends.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1871 – military reconnaissance (obsolete by 1899).^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The unfair use of someone or something for one's own advantage, especially of workers.^(AHD 2024)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The use or development of a [[resource]] for profit.^(AHD 2024)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An advertising or [[publicity]] campaign.^(AHD 2024)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exploitational]]

+ * [[exploitationally]]

+ * [[blaxploitation]]

+ * [[exploitative]]

+ * [[nonexploitation]]

+ * [[overexploitation]]

+ * [[sexploitation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[exploit]]

+ * [[explicit]]

+ * [[explicate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}