oppressional

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

oppression +‎ -al

Adjective[edit]

oppressional (comparative more oppressional, superlative most oppressional)

  1. Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
    • 1841, Miss Blackwell, Ellen Braye; Or, The Fortune-teller, volume 1, page 158:
      He must act — not speculate! — and, surrounded as we are on all sides by oppressional circumstances, all of which appear to be attempting to overwhelm us, we must be armed at all points for the encounter.