Definitions for oppression
əˈprɛʃ ənop·pres·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. oppression, subjugationnoun

   the act of subjugating by cruelty

   "the tyrant's oppression of the people"

2. oppressionnoun

   the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"

3. oppression, oppressivenessnoun

   a feeling of being oppressed

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

1. oppressionnoun

   The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.

2. oppressionnoun

   The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.

   The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution.

3. oppressionnoun

   A feeling of being oppressed.

   Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.

4. Etymology: From oppression, from oppression, from oppressio, from opprimere, past participle oppressus; see oppress.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Oppressionnoun

   Etymology: oppression, Fr. from oppress.

   1. The act of oppressing; cruelty; severity.2. The state of being oppressed; misery.

   Famine is in thy cheeks;
   Need and oppression stare within thine eyes,
   Contempt and beggary hang upon thy back. William Shakespeare.

   Cæsar himself has work, and our oppression
   Exceeds what we expected. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleop.

   3. Hardship; calamity.

   We are all subject to the same accidents; and when we see any under particular oppression, we should look upon it as the common lot of human nature. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   4. Dullness of spirits; lassitude of body.

   Drousiness, oppression, heaviness, and lassitude, are signs of a too plentiful meal. John Arbuthnot, on Aliment.

FreebaseRate this definition:5.0 / 4 votes

1. Oppression

   Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, and anxiety.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of oppression in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of oppression in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of oppression in a Sentence

1. Samuel Rodriguez:

   Latino evangelicals represent a constituency that is pro-life, supportive of religious liberty, and focused on biblical justice, i do not foresee Latino evangelicals sacrificing core values by supporting an agenda or an ideology that affirms abortion in the third trimester( and beyond), attacks religious liberty, and espouses a socialistic worldview that destroyed Venezuela and Cuba and serves as the primary conduit for economic and civil rights oppression in Latin America. The event, one of several different Trump coalitions to form since last years launch, comes Mark Galli, Mark Galli, retires after writing a December editorial calling for Trumps removal from office, which receivedswift backlash from nearly 200 evangelical leaders, including Jentezen Franklin. The son of the late Rev. Billy Grahamand president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association blasted the magazine for invoking his fathers name even though he had.

2. Alireza Miryousefi:

   President Saleh was the sweetheart of America and Saudi Arabia, it seems petro-dollars are promoting such reports in order to rationalize war crimes in Yemen as well as the oppression of Bahrain’s completely civil and popular protests.

3. President Biden:

   They deserve to be heard. That's who we are, we're a nation that says, 'You want to flee, and you're fleeing oppression, you should come.'.

4. Mike Pompeo:

   We take government-sponsored trafficking very seriously. It's a perversion of any government's reason for existence : to protect rights, not crush them, the United States will not stand by as any government with a policy or pattern of human trafficking subjects The United States own citizens to this kind of oppression.

5. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

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