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Synonyms for oppression

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-presh-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : əˈprɛʃ ən

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Définition of oppression

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "cruel or unjust use of power or authority," from Old French opression (12c.), from Latin oppressionem (nominative oppressio) "a pressing down; violence, oppression," noun of action from past participle stem of opprimere (see oppress). Meaning "action of weighing on someone's mind or spirits" is from late 14c.
  • noun misery, hardship
Example sentences :
  • His self-mastery is the gift of his creator, and oppression, only, can take it away.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • The demon of oppression had hidden her head ashamed, and fled to her den!
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • Some sense of oppression, of impending evil, hung over them both.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • The world was full of oppression, and envy, and drunkenness, and vain pleasures.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • The fact that Godolphin was slain, it must be confessed, was not in itself the source of his oppression.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Everywhere the same story of English selfishness and oppression.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • The operation of shaving and dressing in solitude produced an oppression of loneliness.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Instead of oppression, we shall have justice, tempered with mercy.
  • Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
  • Looked we or no that tyranny should turn Her engines of oppression to their use?
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
  • The iron of oppression had entered into the soul of the Cuban.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele

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