[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the condition of being a serf in a position of servitude, required to render services to a lord:He lived in serfdom until 1831 when, at the age of 30, he escaped.", "the condition or population of serfs taken as a whole:Her thesis analyzes the phenomenon of serfdom and the manner in which it changed between 1772 and 1848.", "servitude of any kind:Technology, in the absence of scientific guidance, is a Pied Piper leading us into industrial serfdom."]}]