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nouna feeling of being oppressed
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"the tyrant's oppression of the people"nounthe act of subjugating by cruelty
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"after years of oppression they finally revolted"nounthe state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:type of:
Definition that contains oppression
- camp shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
- liberty personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
- wright United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
- dystopia a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
- dystopia state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
- gay lib the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression
- gay liberation movement the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression
- refugee camp shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
- richard wright United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)