massed slavery

It makes no sense to me either. Are you sure you have it right?? - A.

Should be "mass". Pertaining to, involving, or affecting a large number of people: mass unemployment; mass migrations; mass murder.

Yes, I am.

According to the "dictionary.com" definition (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/massed),
"massed" means

1. Of, relating to, characteristic of, directed at, or attended by a large number of people: mass education; mass communication.
2. Done or carried out on a

CadzaoI don't get what the author - Charles Morris - means by that phrase.

Is this an old text? "Massed" is the past participle so it is the adjective of the action "to mass", sounds strange to me in this context.

I've heard the expression "massed chorus" where at some kind of choral festival all the choruses attending were combined into one huge chorus. It would be synonymous with "combined chorus."

"mass" is a noun, an adjective, and a verb. In "mass slavery," we're using it as an adjective.

"Mass" as a verb means to combine things into a mass. Hence the past participle "massed choru

Avangi"Massed slavery" I just don't get. I think it's an error.

Looking at Project Gutenberg it looks as if "massed" used as an adjective was quite popular towards the end of the 19th century.

It may be that the author thought "massed" had more of an implication of "people forced together in masses".

("Unplumbed freedom" is also a curious phrase. It inadvertently suggests unfettered but insanitary conditions.)

MrP

MrPedantic ("Unplumbed freedom" is also a curious phrase. It inadvertently suggests unfettered but insanitary conditions.)

Greetings, MrP. I pray the operative word here is "inadvertently."

I'm reminded that John McInroe referred to the acre of Porta-potty's assembled to accomodate the masses at Roland Garros, as "Flushing Meadows," the site of the

"Never before has man been confronted with so momentous a choice between massed slavery and unplumbed freedom." is from The Open Self (1948) by Charles Morris. In order to get the meaning of "massed slavery," I'd like to provide the following context.

"To live is to stand before alternatives. Man now stands before large alternatives. He e

Thanks, Cadzao, I'll give it some thought.

My first impression is that at that time in history he would have been alluding to Communism.

- A.