oppression
8
6.1
- noun
- /əˈprɛʃən/
:
opresión
- So I had expected a certain sense of oppression.
- feelings of oppression
And we're like, oh God, that's so sad and straining and just the incredible oppression of that role.
- And we're like, oh God, that's so sad and straining and just the incredible oppression of that role.
- Drawing courage from the film makers presence, she decides to escape the unbearable oppression.
- And he's got, you know, this, this prayer, you know, this retooling prayer where you identify like, is there any, you know, demonic oppression on you calls them out.
Examples
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Children were conservative creatures, nurtured best in habit and ritual; even predictable oppression was better than chaos.
Fiction book (1995) -
I want to be free from the monetary oppression that has become American capitalism today.
Blog text (17) -
However, the streets had the same feeling of oppression as the park.
Fiction book (1994) -
So all I knew was this darkness and oppression and despair.
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Well, it's also the feeling of oppression, the fact that violence could suddenly erupt around you just without warning.
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From this uncomfortable position, the reader feels the weight of oppression in the return of the repressed.
Academic text (1996) -
We live in a time of widespread materialism, spiritual confusion, addiction, oppression, and violence.
Academic text (1999) -
"Tessa felt the power and oppression of village life settling over her like a weighted bird net."
Fiction book (1994) -
A sense of striking back at oppression (whether or not it truly exists) through noble sacrifice often prevails.
Academic text (2010) -
The weight of oppression can lead to feelings of anxiety and discomfort.
Synonyms
1
8.2
A strong, heavy feeling that makes people feel trapped or uncomfortable
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A competition where people claim they suffer more unfair treatment
How Oppressed
20
5.2
240
3.6
8
6.1
482
3.4
119
3.2
19
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oppression comes from an old Latin word meaning 'to press down', and it shares the same root as common words like press and pressure. So an oppression can be the heavy, hard-to-breathe feeling of being 'pressed down'.