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From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressio ‎(a pressing down, violence, oppression), from opprimere, past participle oppressus ‎(to press down); see oppress.


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oppression ‎(countable and uncountable, plural oppressions)

    • Sir Walter Raleigh
      Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings [] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves []
  2. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
    The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution.
  3. A feeling of being oppressed.
    Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.

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oppression f ‎(plural oppressions)

  1. oppression