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oppression (noun)

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  • oppression — oppress ► VERB 1) keep in subjection and hardship. 2) cause to feel distressed or anxious. DERIVATIVES oppression noun oppressor noun. ORIGIN Old French oppresser, from Latin opprimere press against …   English terms dictionary

  • oppression — op·pres·sion /ə pre shən/ n: an unjust or excessive exercise of power: as a: unlawful, wrongful, or corrupt exercise of authority by a public official acting under color of authority that causes a person harm b: dishonest, unfair, wrongful, or… …   Law dictionary

  • oppression — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ class, economic, political, racial, religious, sexual, social ▪ black, colonial, women s …   Collocations dictionary

  • oppression — noun a) The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution. b) …   Wiktionary

  • oppression — mid 14c., cruel or unjust use of power or authority, from Fr. oppression (12c.), from L. oppressionem (nom. oppressio), noun of action from pp. stem of opprimere (see OPPRESS (Cf. oppress)). Meaning action of weighing on someone s mind or spirits …   Etymology dictionary

  • oppression — noun (U) the act of oppressing a group of people, or the state of being oppressed: immigrants taking refuge from the oppression of a dictatorship …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • oppression — noun the young people in this country have known nothing but oppression Syn: persecution, abuse, maltreatment, ill treatment, tyranny, despotism repression, suppression, subjection, subjugation; cruelty, brutality, injustice, hardship, suffering …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • oppression — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power b. something that oppresses especially in being an unjust or excessive exercise of power 2. a sense of being weighed down in body or mind ; depression …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • oppression — noun Syn: persecution, abuse, ill treatment, tyranny, repression, suppression, subjection, subjugation, cruelty, brutality, injustice Ant: freedom …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • oppression — op|pres|sion [ ə preʃn ] noun uncount * 1. ) unfair and cruel treatment by a powerful person or government: the victims of oppression 2. ) the feeling of being very worried or unhappy …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • oppression */ — UK [əˈpreʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] 1) unfair and cruel treatment by a powerful person or government the victims of oppression 2) the feeling of being very worried or unhappy …   English dictionary

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