Defenition of the word oppression

• Defenition of the word oppression

  • The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
  • kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "the tyrant's oppression of the people"
  • a feeling of being oppressed
  • the act of subjugating by cruelty
  • the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant''s oppression of the people"
  • the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
  • the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:

Synonyms for the word oppression

• • oppressiveness
  • subjugation

Hyponyms for the word oppression

• • weight
  • yoke

Hypernyms for the word oppression

• • depression
  • persecution
  • subjection
  • subjugation

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