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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.

ChatGPT

  1. oppressed

    Oppressed refers to a person, group or community that is subjected to unjust treatment, exploitation or discrimination by a more powerful entity such as a government, organization or another societal group. This may involve systemic denial of basic rights, freedoms, opportunities and access to resources, often leading to a state of hardship, poverty or marginalization.

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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. Bill Lee on Wednesday:

    The United States and Tennessee have always been, since the very founding of our nation, a shining beacon of freedom and opportunity for the persecuted and oppressed, particularly those suffering religious persecution, my administration has worked extensively to determine the best outcome for Tennessee, and I will consent to working with President Trump and his administration to responsibly resettle refugees.

  2. Stephen Wallace:

    The people that want to teach kids about America and how racist and oppressed everyone is are the real racists and oppressors.

  3. South African:

    A man of extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility against the forces of apartheid, he was also tender and vulnerable in his compassion for those who had suffered oppression, injustice and violence under apartheid, and oppressed and downtrodden people around the world.

  4. Fox News:

    We’re going to get a flood of people. I have declared this as our safe harbor, this is where we have the Statue of Liberty welcoming people who are oppressed. Women who cannot receive the fundamental right to control their body or receive an abortion. They are oppressed. They are welcomed here in the state of New York.

  5. Jewher Ilham:

    The Uyghurs have been oppressed since decades ago, it's nothing new to us.

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