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Meanings of
oppression
in inglés
portugués
opressão
catalán
opressió
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The act of subjugating by cruelty.
subjugation
portugués
opressão
portugués
opressão
catalán
opressió
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A feeling of being oppressed.
oppressiveness
portugués
opressão
Usage of
oppression
in inglés
1
After a point, the fact of
oppression
fails to justify his actions.
2
Furthermore the work deals with themes such as institutional
oppression
and discrimination.
3
Few Poles were taken in during those postwar years of Soviet
oppression
.
4
Our community's problems are deeply rooted in centuries of pain and
oppression
.
5
Not just the absence of
oppression
but the presence of economic opportunity.
6
Taxes are a form of
oppression
,
since no one owes anyone anything.
7
One might say prostitution, the
oppression
of labor, child labor, or war.
8
Where there is
oppression
,
especially on ethnic grounds, nationalist agitation is legitimate.
9
He wanted to bring attention to the many tentacles of systemic
oppression
.
10
I don't think my work could in anyway enlighten people under
oppression
.
11
The
oppression
of women she says, operates differently to racism for example.
12
I have seen
oppression
in the name of religion, and of God.
13
An evilly disposed despot could have used it to practice unspeakable
oppression
.
14
He was an absolute sepulchre in the swallowing of
oppression
and ill-usage.
15
We retired to the Monastery of Cambuskenneth; but there
oppression
found us.
16
The world knows the history of our struggle against the Hapsburg
oppression
.
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About this term
oppression
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
political oppression
racial oppression
great oppression
systematic oppression
religious oppression
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Translations for
oppression
portugués
opressão
catalán
opressió
subjugació
Oppression
through the time
Oppression
across language varieties
South Africa
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
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