oppression
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Etymology [edit]
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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Noun [edit]
oppression (countable and uncountable; plural oppressions)
- The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- 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.
- A feeling of being oppressed.
- Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.
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Translations [edit]
act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed
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feeling of being oppressed
exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner
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External links [edit]
- oppression in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- oppression in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
