# dark satanic mill

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A mill or factory during the Industrial Revolution, seen as monstrous and dehumanizing
2. a similar modern form of exploitation.

## Etymology
From William Blake's poem, And did those feet in ancient time (1804): “And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?”.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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