oppression

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
3. (countable, uncountable) A feeling of being oppressed.

Synonyms

tyranny

persecution

suppression

cruelty

violence

pressure

injustice

yoke

depression

repression

despotism

force

outrage

dejection

ill-treatment

severity

affliction

destroying

ascendancy

coercion

control

crushing

harassment

harshness

high-handedness

maltreatment

mastery

oppress

oppressiveness

pulverization

subjugation

torment

act of grinding

hardship

harm

abuse

anxiety

constraint

infringement

injure

injuring

injury

compulsion

malevolence

grief

stress

obstruction

angst

weight

compression

Translations

oppression

oppressione

Unterdrückung

opressão

καταπίεση

opresión

opressió

زۆرداری

bedruktheid

چهوساندنهوه

onderdrukking

Schinderei

concussio

pression

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɹɛʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: oppression

In summary

From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressiō (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”), from opprimō; see oppress.