Etymology: [ &-'pre-sh&n ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English oppression Old French oppression Latin oppressio (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”) opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press down”); see oppress.
A feeling of being oppressed, The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed, The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner, Oppression is the cruel or unfair treatment of a group of people. an attempt to escape political oppression. when someone treats a group of people unfairly or cruelly and prevents them from having the same rights as other people have political/racial/sexual etc oppression, oppressure, The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed, That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny, depression; exploitation; tyranny; suppression, the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted", the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people" a feeling of being oppressed the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted, a feeling of being oppressed the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted, the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people", Ravishment; rape, A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs, Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush, To keep down by force, To make sad or gloomy, repress; suppress; tyrannize, come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists", If something oppresses you, it makes you feel depressed, anxious, and uncomfortable. It was not just the weather which oppressed her, To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in We are not normal like everybody else. If we were they wouldn't be oppressing us, To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty, cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union", come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists, To ravish; to violate, To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach, To put down; to crush out; to suppress,
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A feeling of being oppressed - "Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun."
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The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed - "The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution."
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The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner
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Oppression is the cruel or unfair treatment of a group of people. an attempt to escape political oppression. when someone treats a group of people unfairly or cruelly and prevents them from having the same rights as other people have political/racial/sexual etc oppression
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oppressure
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The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed
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That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny
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depression; exploitation; tyranny; suppression isim
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the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
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the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people" a feeling of being oppressed the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted
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a feeling of being oppressed the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted
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the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"
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Ravishment; rape
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A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs
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Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush - "Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse, / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse."
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To keep down by force - "The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners."
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To make sad or gloomy - "We were oppressed by the constant grey skies."
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repress; suppress; tyrannize fiil
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
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If something oppresses you, it makes you feel depressed, anxious, and uncomfortable. It was not just the weather which oppressed her
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To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in We are not normal like everybody else. If we were they wouldn't be oppressing us
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To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty
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cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists
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To ravish; to violate
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To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach
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