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Definitions for OPPRESSED
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. laden, oppressedadjective

    burdened psychologically or mentally

    "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"

GCIDE

  1. oppressedadjective

    having excessive or unfair burdens imposed.

Wiktionary

  1. oppressedadjective

    Subject to oppression.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of OPPRESSED in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of OPPRESSED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of OPPRESSED in a Sentence

  1. Malcolm X:

    Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.

  2. Unknown:

    To accept passively an unjust system is to cooperate with that system thereby the oppressed become the oppressor.

  3. Daunte Wright:

    The common thread is [an] understanding of all social, economicand political relations as a contestation for power between a class of oppressors (i.a., rich, White, heterosexual, male) and a class of oppressed.

  4. Al Khatib:

    Nizar Banat is the one that speaks against the oppressor, and for the oppressed... They killed the hope in us. They killed Al Khatib after Al Khatib exposed their corruption.

  5. Kate Huddleston:

    It's really critical in this time that not just the ACLU, but people throughout the nation stand up for the rights of all students to learn and have access to a wide range of ideas, particularly those related to historically oppressed communities.

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