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Meanings of oppression in English

Portuguese
opressão
Catalan
opressió

The act of subjugating by cruelty.

opressão
Portuguese
opressão
Catalan
opressió

A feeling of being oppressed.

opressão
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Examples for "oppressiveness"
Examples for "oppressiveness"
1
But no one would dream of denying the oppressiveness of the past.
The Buried Temple
2
Discusses friendships in our day and the oppressiveness of the human condition.
The new yorker
3
There were no obscuring shadows to blunt the impact of Starkadh's oppressiveness.
The darkest road
4
The campfire burned steadily, and there was a certain oppressiveness in the atmosphere.
Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers; Or, The Secret of Phantom Mo...
5
There was a brooding oppressiveness in the air that seemed to bode something.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
Usage of oppression in English
1
After a point, the fact of oppression fails to justify his actions.
The new yorker
2
Furthermore the work deals with themes such as institutional oppression and discrimination.
The South African
3
Few Poles were taken in during those postwar years of Soviet oppression.
The Guardian
4
Our community's problems are deeply rooted in centuries of pain and oppression.
Ebony
5
Not just the absence of oppression but the presence of economic opportunity.
The Guardian
6
Taxes are a form of oppression, since no one owes anyone anything.
The Guardian
7
One might say prostitution, the oppression of labor, child labor, or war.
Woman and the New Race
8
Where there is oppression, especially on ethnic grounds, nationalist agitation is legitimate.
The Guardian
9
He wanted to bring attention to the many tentacles of systemic oppression.
The Guardian
10
I don't think my work could in anyway enlighten people under oppression.
Ebony
11
The oppression of women she says, operates differently to racism for example.
Radio NZ
12
I have seen oppression in the name of religion, and of God.
The marrowbone marble company
13
An evilly disposed despot could have used it to practice unspeakable oppression.
The End of Man?
14
He was an absolute sepulchre in the swallowing of oppression and ill-usage.
Robert Falconer
15
We retired to the Monastery of Cambuskenneth; but there oppression found us.
The Scottish Chiefs
16
The world knows the history of our struggle against the Hapsburg oppression.
Winning a Cause: World War Stories
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Translations for oppression
Portuguese
opressão
Oppression through the time
Oppression across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
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