unoppressed
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6.4
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈprɛst/
- Suddenly, Americans who for decades had been tone-deaf to how food was produced started paying attention, seeking out organic goat cheeses made from the milk of an unoppressed herd raised on a fence-free collective within a 20-mile radius of home.
Examples
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They are arenas for the pursuit of unoppressed activities and desires, but also ones replete with systematic power, danger, oppression, domination, and exclusion (80).
Academic text (2013) -
"Well, there it is," said Coleman, now this calm, unoppressed, entirely new being.
Fiction book (2001) -
That's the only way to ensure John Edwards can continue unoppressed.
Blog text (28) -
So what would be the best way you suggest for you (let's say) as a Palestinian to live peacefully, unaggressed, and unoppressed in your own land?
Blog text (28) -
The activists fought for the rights of all individuals to live unoppressed and free from injustice.
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In her new community, she feels unoppressed, finally able to express her true self without fear.
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Children should grow up in an environment that allows them to thrive and feel unoppressed by societal pressures.
Synonyms
4
4.6
Free to move forward without being stopped
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8.3
Free and not limited by rules
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5.3
Free to move or act without being stopped
Antonyms
How Oppressed
Surface Forms
Morphology
unoppressed = oppressed (transparent) = un + oppress + ed
A regular productive negation: prefix 'un-' attaches to the adjective/past participle 'oppressed' to yield 'not subject to oppression'.
Etymology
Unoppressed comes from the prefix un- 'not' and the verb oppress, which is based on press 'to push down'. So, to be unoppressed is to be 'not pushed down' — free from unfair treatment or harsh control.