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Oppression

//əˈpɹɛʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. countable, uncountable

    "Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]"

  2. 2
    the act of subjugating by cruelty wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed. countable, uncountable

    "Extreme freedom is followed by extreme oppression, said Plato."

  4. 4
    a feeling of being oppressed wordnet
  5. 5
    A feeling of being oppressed. countable, uncountable

    "Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun."

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  1. 6
    the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressiō (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”), from opprimō; see oppress.

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