Oppression

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The action of oppressing; arbitrary and cruel exercise of power.
  • noun. The state of being oppressed.
  • noun. A feeling of being weighed down in mind or body.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A pressing down; pressure; burden.
  • noun. A feeling of weight; that state in which one experiences a sensation of weight or pressure; hence, lassitude; dullness of spirits; depression.
  • noun. The act of oppressing or of imposing unreasonable or unjust burdens; the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, harsh, or severe manner; the imposition of severe or cruel measures or exactions; tyrannical or cruel exercise of power.
  • noun. An oppressed state or condition; the state of those who are overburdened or oppressed, or treated with unjustness or undue severity, by persons in authority or power.
  • noun. Whatever oppresses or causes hardship; an unjust or unreasonable imposition, exaction, or measure; a hardship.
  • noun. Ravishment; rape. Chaucer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
  • noun. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
  • noun. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude
  • noun. Ravishment; rape.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
  • noun. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
  • noun. A feeling of being oppressed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:
  • noun. a feeling of being oppressed
  • noun. the act of subjugating by cruelty
  • Word Usage
    "Saying “my oppression is as bad as your oppression” on the basis of subjective feeling is always a dangerous game."
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