Oppression - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|əˈpreʃn|
Brit.
|əˈpreʃ(ə)n|
noun
- the act of subjugating by cruelty (syn: subjugation)
the tyrant's oppression of the people
- 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 (syn: oppressiveness)Extra examples
...suffered a lingering oppression in the weeks after his dog died...
They suffered years of political oppression.
He went on and on about the iniquities of bourgeois oppression.
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