They rose against oppression.
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Oppression
//əˈpɹɛʃən//
Synonyms for "oppression" (135 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (67)
injusticeiron bootiron handiron heelladingloadloadinglow spiritslownesslowness of spiritmalaisemaltreatmentmccarthyismmillstoneoccupationoppressivenessoverloadovertaxingoverweightingpack of troubles
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painpeck of troublespersecutionpessimismpressurered baitingred-baitingreign of terrorrepressionsaddlingschmerzsea of troublesself-destructive urgeseveritysinking heartslough of despondsorrowspiritlessnessstuffinesssubjectionsubjugationsuicidal despairsuperincumbencysuppressionsurchargetaedium vitaetaxingterrorismthornthought controltormenttormentingtorturetribulationtroubletyrannyvictimizationwaters of bitternessweariness of lifeweightwitch huntwitch-huntwitch-huntingwoe
Noun(3 words)
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12 entriesTranslations
123 translations across 59 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- shtypje noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- trysni noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Arabic
1 entries- ظُلْم noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Armenian
2 entries- բռնաճնշում noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- հալածանք noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- zülm noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Belarusian
2 entries- прыгнеча́нне noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- прыгнёт noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Bengali
4 entries- উত্পীড়ন noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- জুলুম noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- নিপীড়ন noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- প্রজাপীড়ন noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гнет noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- гнет noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- поти́сничество noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- притесне́ние noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Catalan
1 entries- opressió noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Central Kurdish
4 entries- زۆرداری noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- زۆرداری noun (feeling of being oppressed)
- زۆرداری noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- چەوساندنەوە noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 壓制 /压制 noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- 壓迫 /压迫 noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Czech
1 entries- útlak noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Danish
1 entries- undertrykkelse noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Dutch
3 entries- bedruktheid noun (feeling of being oppressed)
- onderdrukking noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- onderdrukking noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
Estonian
1 entries- rõhumine noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Finnish
2 entries- sortaminen noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- sorto noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
French
2 entries- oppression noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- oppression noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
Galician
1 entries- opresión noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Georgian
3 entries- შევიწროება noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- შევიწროება noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- ჩაგვრა noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
German
2 entries- Unterdrückung noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- Unterdrückung noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
Greek
1 entries- καταπίεση noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Hebrew
2 entries- דִּכּוּי noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- דיכוי noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Hindi
2 entries- उत्पीड़न noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- दमन noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Hungarian
1 entries- elnyomás noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Irish
4 entries- ansmacht noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- ansmacht noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- cos ar bolg noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- leatrom noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Italian
1 entries- oppressione noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Japanese
2 entries- 圧制 noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- 圧迫 noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Kazakh
1 entries- езгі noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Korean
2 entries- 압박 noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- 압제 noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- эзүү noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Latvian
1 entries- apspiešana noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Lithuanian
1 entries- priespauda noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Macedonian
2 entries- гнет noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- угнетување noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Middle English
1 entries- tyrauntrie noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- zilm noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- zordarî noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- undertrykkelse noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- زوربهلق noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- ظلم noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Pashto
1 entries- ظلم noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Persian
1 entries- ظلم noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Polish
2 entries- opresja noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- ucisk noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Portuguese
3 entries- opressão noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- opressão noun (feeling of being oppressed)
- opressão noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
Romanian
1 entries- oprimare noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Russian
4 entries- гнёт noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- гнёт noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- и́го noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- притесне́ние noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sàrachadh noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- sàrachadh noun (feeling of being oppressed)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- opresija noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- oprèsija noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- potlačenost noun (feeling of being oppressed)
- potlačivanje noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
Slovak
1 entries- útlak noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Slovene
2 entries- tlačenje noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- zatiranje noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Spanish
1 entries- opresión noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Swedish
1 entries- förtryck noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Tajik
1 entries- зулм noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Tatar
1 entries- золым noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Tocharian B
1 entries- nauske noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Turkish
2 entries- baskı noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- zulüm noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гніт noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- гніт noun (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner)
- пригно́блення noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- пригно́блення noun (feeling of being oppressed)
Urdu
1 entries- ظُلْم noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Uyghur
1 entries- زۇلۇم noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Uzbek
1 entries- zulm noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự áp bức noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Welsh
1 entries- gormes noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Yiddish
2 entries- אונטערדריקונג noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
- באַדריקונג noun (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
She reached against oppression.
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Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.
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Many have suffered oppression and misery for a long period of time under the rule of colonialism.
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