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Oppression

Oppression Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Oppression? [n] the act of subjugating by cruelty [n] a feeling of being oppressed [n] kept down by unjust use of force or authority; "the tyrant's oppression of the people" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Oppression: oppressiveness \| subjugation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Oppression: abuse \| affliction \| airlessness \| anguish \| argumentum baculinum \| bale \| big stick \| bitter cup \| bitter draft \| bitter draught \| bitter pill \| blank despondency \| burden \| burden of care \| burdening \| burthen \| cankerworm of care \| care \| cargo \| charge \| charging \| closeness \| cross \| crown of thorns \| cumber \| cumbrance \| curse \| deadweight \| death wish \| dejectedness \| dejection \| depression \| despair \| despondency \| despondentness \| despotism \| discouragement \| disheartenment \| dispiritedness \| distress \| domination \| domineering \| down trip \| downcastness \| downer \| downheartedness \| drag \| drooping spirits \| encumbrance \| enslavement \| fascism \| freight \| gall \| gall and wormwood \| grievance \| handicap \| harassment \| hardship \| harrying \| heartlessness \| heavy hand \| high hand \| hopelessness \| hounding \| incubus \| incumbency \| infliction \| injury \| injustice \| iron boot \| iron hand \| iron heel \| lading \| load \| loading \| low spirits \| lowness \| lowness of spirit \| malaise \| maltreatment \| McCarthyism \| millstone \| oppressiveness \| overload \| overtaxing \| overweighting \| pack of troubles \| pain \| peck of troubles \| persecution \| pessimism \| pressure \| red-baiting \| reign of terror \| repression \| saddling \| Schmerz \| sea of troubles \| self-destructive urge \| sinking heart \| Slough of Despond \| sorrow \| spiritlessness \| stuffiness \| subjection \| subjugation \| suicidal despair \| superincumbency \| suppression \| surcharge \| taedium vitae \| taxing \| terrorism \| thorn \| thought control \| torment \| tormenting \| torture \| trouble \| tyranny \| victimization \| waters of bitterness \| weariness of life \| weight \| witch-hunt \| witch-hunting \| woe See Also \| depression \| persecution \| subjection \| subjugation \| weight Oppression In Webster's Dictionary \Op*pres"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. oppressio.] 1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. 2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. ``The multitude of oppressions.'' --Job xxxv. 9. 3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs. There gentlee Sleep First found me, and with soft oppression seized My drowsed sense. --Milton. 4. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Oppression Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Oppression?

[n] the act of subjugating by cruelty
[n] a feeling of being oppressed
[n] kept down by unjust use of force or authority; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Oppression: oppressiveness | subjugation

Oppression In Webster's Dictionary

\Op*pres"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. oppressio.]
1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.

2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty;
   severity; tyranny. ``The multitude of oppressions.'' --Job
   xxxv. 9.

3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind;
   depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of
   spirits; an oppression of the lungs.

         There gentlee Sleep First found me, and with soft
         oppression seized My drowsed sense.   --Milton.

4. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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