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Meaning of 'Oppression'
Meaning of 'Oppression' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Oppression 
[ n.]
- The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. [ n.]- That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
- A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
- Ravishment; rape.
Meaning of 'Oppression' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. oppression [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:
- the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:
Example in sentence:
- after years of oppression they finally revolted
Meaning (2):
- the act of subjugating by cruelty
- the act of subjugating by cruelty
Example in sentence:
- the tyrant's oppression of the people
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