oppression

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From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressio (a pressing down, violence, oppression), from opprimere, past participle oppressus (to press down); see oppress.

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oppression (countable and uncountable; plural oppressions)

  1. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
  2. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
    The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution.
  3. A feeling of being oppressed.
    Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.

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