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BNC: 7217 COCA: 6836

— oppression

ˈprɛʃən/ noun [noncount]
BNC: 7217 COCA: 6836

oppression

noun

op·​pres·​sion ə-ˈpre-shən How to pronounce oppression (audio)
1
a
: unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power
the continuing oppression of the … underclasses H. A. Daniels
b
: something that oppresses especially in being an unjust or excessive exercise of power
unfair taxes and other oppressions
2
: a sense of being weighed down in body or mind : depression
an oppression of spirits

Example Sentences

suffered a lingering oppression in the weeks after his dog died
Recent Examples on the Web Occupation causes oppression towards women, towards children, towards the environment, etc. Nadeem Muaddi, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022 Computer scientists at Michigan State University contributed to facial recognition technology used for ethnic oppression in Xinjiang. Yangyang Cheng, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022 Sirhan acted alone, having apparently become obsessively fixated by a delusion that Kennedy himself was chiefly responsible for Palestinian oppression. Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2022 The measure is aimed at punishing China for the alleged oppression of the Uyghur Muslims. Daniel Flatley, Bloomberg.com, 14 Dec. 2021 Reckoning with one’s position in interwoven systems of oppression is a daunting and deeply unsettling task. WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 It’s the former president who issues statements on social media and through email blasts that are mostly exclamation points periodically interrupted with all-caps bleats of oppression. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 For her, the bill represents another form of oppression for women of color. Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 28 July 2022 Instead, this is a call for a panoramic view into the structural underpinnings of the use of religion as a tool of oppression. Clay Cane, CNN, 21 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English oppressioun, borrowed from Anglo-French oppression, borrowed from Latin oppressiōn-, oppressiō "action of pressing on or overpowering," from oppres- or *oppret-, variant stem of opprimere "to press on, stifle, overpower" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at oppress

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of oppression was in the 14th century
BNC: 7217 COCA: 6836
oppression

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + OPPRESSION ADJECTIVEclass, economic, political, racial, religious, sexual, social階級/經濟/政治/種族/宗教/性別/社會壓迫black, colonial, women's對黑人的/對殖民地人民的/對婦女的壓迫male, white男性的/白種人的壓迫VERB + OPPRESSIONface, suffer遭受壓迫ethnic minorities suffering oppression at the hands of occupying forces遭佔領軍壓迫的少數民族fight, fight against, resist與壓迫做鬥爭;反抗壓迫years of resisting colonial oppression對殖民壓迫的多年反抗escape逃避壓迫

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