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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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  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. Tia Attwood:

    The voices of the oppressed will be heard from their rubbled tombs.

  2. Simone de Beauvoir:

    In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.

  3. Metastasio:

    He who devises evil for another falls at last into his own pit, and the most cunning finds himself caught by what he had prepared for another. But virtue without guile, erect like the lofty palm, rises with greater vigour when it is oppressed.

  4. 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.

  5. Henry Clay:

    An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.

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