Usually means: Serfdom or slavery in Sparta.
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  1. helotism: Merriam-Webster
  2. helotism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. helotism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. helotism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. helotism: Dictionary.com
  6. Helotism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Helotism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. helotism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Helotism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. helotism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. helotism: FreeDictionary.org
  12. helotism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. helotism: Wordnik
  14. helotism: Wiktionary
  15. helotism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  16. helotism: Infoplease Dictionary
  17. Helotism: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (helotism)

noun:  The permanent oppression of a nominally free group of people
noun:  (zoology) A form of mutualism in which one species is forced to perform tasks for another, for their mutual benefit

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