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Verb
/əˈpres/,
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oppressed, past tense; oppressed, past participle; oppresses, 3rd person singular present; oppressing, present participle;
  1. Keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, esp. by the unjust exercise of authority
    • - a system that oppressed working people
  2. Cause (someone) to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable
    • - he was oppressed by some secret worry
  1. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
  2. persecute: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
  3. (oppressed) laden: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"
  4. (oppression) the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"
  5. (oppression) the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
  6. (oppression) a feeling of being oppressed
  7. 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.
  8. (The Oppressed) The Oppressed is a Welsh anti-fascist Oi! band that formed in 1981 in Cardiff. Most of the musicians in the band's various lineups were skinheads. ...
  9. Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush; To keep down by force; To make sad or gloomy
  10. (Oppression) 1. Prejudice and power. 2. A systematic social phenomenon based on the difference between social groups that involves ideological domination, institutional control, and the promulgation of the oppressor group's ideology, logic system and culture on the oppressed group. ...
  11. (Oppression) The unilateral subjugation of one individual or group by a more powerful individual or group, using physical, psychological, social or economic threats or force, and frequently using an explicit ideology to sanction the oppression. ...
  12. (Oppression) Treatment of a group of people within a society that results in the systematic denial of equal access to civil rights, freedoms, and power within that society. ...
  13. (OPPRESSION) The first stage of a haunting where the invading entity attempts to gain access to the location or person targeted for victimization.
  14. (Oppression) An unjust and systematic excessive exercise of power against an identified group of people, such as Jews, homosexuals or disabled people, where the laws, attitudes towards and treatment (including  portrayal) of this group all reinforce this discriminatory situation.
  15. (Oppression) Every act performed by a right-wing government.
  16. (Oppression) Exists when one social group, whether knowingly or unconsciously, exploits another social group for its own benefit.
  17. (Oppression) In general deliverance ministers label the attacks demons launch against humans as “oppression.” Spirit beings (demons) possess intellect and will, and as followers of Satan are hostile to humans and especially intent on doing God’s people as much harm as possible. ...
  18. (Oppression) Jer 22:13 See also Pr 3:28
  19. (Oppression) Systemic institutional mistreatment that exists between groups where dominants benefit at the expense of subordinates. This mistreatment serves to maintain the  unearned power and privilege of the dominant group.
  20. (Oppression) The domination of one group of people over another, enforced and maintained by institutional power.
  21. (Oppression) The offense, committed by a public official, of wrongfully inflicting injury, such as bodily harm or imprisonment, upon another individual under color of office.
  22. (Oppression) The state before possession (see possession)
  23. (Oppression) The state of having some or all of one's liberty restricted and/or being treated as an inferior or second-class citizen by another individual or group. Anarchists oppose oppression in any form.
  24. (Oppression) The systematic repression and exploitation of specific communities and individuals for the benefit of other communities and individuals. ...
  25. (Oppression) discrimination against a group through an unjust use of force, authority, or societal norms. [SVILC]