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Significados de oppression em inglês

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The act of subjugating by cruelty.

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A feeling of being oppressed.

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Examples for "oppressiveness"
Examples for "oppressiveness"
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But no one would dream of denying the oppressiveness of the past.
The Buried Temple
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Discusses friendships in our day and the oppressiveness of the human condition.
The new yorker
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There were no obscuring shadows to blunt the impact of Starkadh's oppressiveness.
The darkest road
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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...
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There was a brooding oppressiveness in the air that seemed to bode something.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
Uso de oppression em inglês
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After a point, the fact of oppression fails to justify his actions.
The new yorker
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Furthermore the work deals with themes such as institutional oppression and discrimination.
The South African
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Few Poles were taken in during those postwar years of Soviet oppression.
The Guardian
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Our community's problems are deeply rooted in centuries of pain and oppression.
Ebony
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Not just the absence of oppression but the presence of economic opportunity.
The Guardian
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Taxes are a form of oppression, since no one owes anyone anything.
The Guardian
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One might say prostitution, the oppression of labor, child labor, or war.
Woman and the New Race
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Where there is oppression, especially on ethnic grounds, nationalist agitation is legitimate.
The Guardian
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He wanted to bring attention to the many tentacles of systemic oppression.
The Guardian
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I don't think my work could in anyway enlighten people under oppression.
Ebony
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The oppression of women she says, operates differently to racism for example.
Radio NZ
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I have seen oppression in the name of religion, and of God.
The marrowbone marble company
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An evilly disposed despot could have used it to practice unspeakable oppression.
The End of Man?
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He was an absolute sepulchre in the swallowing of oppression and ill-usage.
Robert Falconer
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We retired to the Monastery of Cambuskenneth; but there oppression found us.
The Scottish Chiefs
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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
português
opressão
Oppression ao longo do tempo
Oppression nas variantes da língua
África do Sul
Comum
Reino Unido
Comum
Irlanda
Comum
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