What does oppress mean?
Definitions for oppress
əˈprɛsop·press
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word oppress.
Princeton's WordNet
oppress, suppress, crushverb
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
"The government oppresses political activists"
persecute, oppressverb
cause to suffer
"Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
Wiktionary
oppressverb
Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
oppressverb
To keep down by force
The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
oppressverb
To make sad or gloomy
We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.
Etymology: From oppressen, from oppresser, from oppressare, frequentive of opprimere, past participle oppressus, from ob + premere, past participle pressus; see press.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To OPPRESSverb
Etymology: oppressus, Lat.
Israel and Judah were oppressed together, and all that took them captives held them fast, they refused to let them go. Jer. l. 33.
Alas! a mortal most opprest of those
Whom fate has loaded with a weight of woes. Alexander Pope.We’re not ourselves,
When nature, being opprest, commands the mind
To suffer with the body. William Shakespeare, King Lear.In blazing height of noon,
The sun oppress’d, is plung’d in thickest gloom. James Thomson.
ChatGPT
oppress
To oppress means to keep someone down through unjust use of authority, force, or power. It involves subjecting a particular individual, group or class to harsh and unjust treatment, often infringing upon their personal rights and freedoms. This can occur at a socio-political level or within interpersonal dynamics, and can involve physical, mental, or emotional abuse and control.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Oppress
o-pres′, v.t. to press against or upon: to use severely: to burden: to lie heavy upon: to constrain: to overpower: to treat unjustly: to load with heavy burdens.—n. Oppress′ion, act of oppressing or treating unjustly or harshly: severity: cruelty: state of being oppressed: misery: hardship: injustice: dullness of spirits: (Shak.) pressure.—adj. Oppress′ive, tending to oppress: overburdensome: treating with severity or injustice: heavy: overpowering: difficult to bear.—adv. Oppress′ively.—ns. Oppress′iveness; Oppress′or, one who oppresses. [Fr.,—L. opprimĕre, oppressum—ob, against, premĕre, to press.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of oppress in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of oppress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of oppress in a Sentence
The expansion of regularly scheduled flights to Cuba is an obvious attempt to circumvent the tourism ban, similarly, allowing cruises to dock in Cuba would violate both the spirit and the letter of U.S. law. Increased travel to Cuba directly funds the individuals and institutions that oppress the Cuban people.
The world community with leadership by the Obama administration has thrown human rights under the Persian rug -- literally. Democracy promotion has been sacrificed for the sake of talking endlessly to those who oppress Iranians terribly.
Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people.
COVID-19 pandemic is just a drama and no such virus exists as Corona. It is history's biggest fooling propaganda done to harass and oppress common people.
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
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- اخمدArabic
- utiskovatCzech
- undertrykkeDanish
- unterdrückenGerman
- subpremi, kontraŭpremiEsperanto
- oprimirSpanish
- alistaa, ahdistaa, sortaaFinnish
- oppresser, opprimerFrench
- sanyargat, lehangol, lever, lesújt, nyomorgat, elnyomHungarian
- opprimereItalian
- 압박하다Korean
- onderdrukkenDutch
- oprimirPortuguese
- притеснятьRussian
- nedtryckaSwedish
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