oppression
Phonetic
US /əˈpreʃn/UK /əˈpreʃn/
Translations
NOUNThe exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner., The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed., A feeling of being oppressed.
Variants
- oppressions: Plural
Examples
Another is that America and Israel appear to be changing their focus from military targets to “civilian” buildings such as defence-industry facilities and the Iranian regime’s infrastructure of oppression—hence the strike in Javanrud.
Source:www.economist.com
kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression
Source:www.bbc.com
In other words, in many nations, political leaders, dissidents, and social movements, having exhausted so many rotten ideas and endured so much oppression and
Source:www.newyorker.com
India's forgotten actor who lost her legacy to caste oppression
Source:www.bbc.com
Then please find a way to rescue me from oppression in China:
Source:www.quora.com
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