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Sentence count:159+2Posted:2016-12-27Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: oppressivenesssubjugationSimilar words: suppressioncompressionimpressiondepressionexpressionoppressoraggressioncongressionalMeaning: [ə'preʃn]  n. 1. the act of subjugating by cruelty 2. the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted" 3. a feeling of being oppressed. 
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(61) The jury did not find that Saab acted maliciously or with oppression, however, and refused to award punitive damages.
(62) Fat lesbians and fat heterosexual women may experience fat oppression in different ways, but it is present for both.
(63) That is why she is kept in her place, if necessary by the most brutal oppression.
(64) The oppression worsened when Ceausescu came to power in 1965.
(65) In particular, the relationship between the major social groups is one of exploitation and oppression.
(66) It is written in every cell of my body and, most of all, in thirty years of oppression.
(67) This would weaken the fight against oppression and allow a continuation of oppressive practices.
(68) He died in 1936, and despite the Franco oppression he was venerated by many of the university staff.
(69) Religion is vulnerable to religious fanaticism and political extremism-history is full of religious oppression, violence, terrorism and wars. Dr T.P.Chia 
(70) At second hand we could have enjoyed the thrill of dangerous living or shown magnanimous sympathy with the victims of oppression.
(71) The other sees him as a collaborator with the forces of oppression.
(72) We are fortunate that the super-power that remains has no instinct or appetite for dominating the world by oppression and force.
(73) First in your Country Profile section you started giving star ratings for people's life expectancy and women's oppression.
(74) Police oppression of the freedom fighters brought my protest against authority almost to the point of obsession.
(75) That was the nature of the oppression and the sense of being dominated which we all were familiar with.
(76) Lord Lane said: Oppression does not stand on the doorstep with a toothbrush moustache and a swastika armband.
(77) This mysticism is the only language which transcends the rational schema of oppression.
(78) Resist oppression, lighten the burden of the underdog,(www.Sentencedict.com) spread understanding and reason.
(79) Exploitation and oppression will be concepts of history which have no place in the description of contemporary social reality.
(80) The first problem is the dispassionate judgement of compositions that emerge from, and in some cases directly express, political oppression.
(81) Death of the spouse may give relief from the oppression of selfless caring mixed with guilt about feeling relieved.
(82) Some may see them entirely differently, arguing that they prove something about homophobia or how gay men react to anti-gay oppression.
(83) And race difference is, among all the differences which have been used to justify oppression, probably the most trivial.
(84) He, and all the others, want to build a society free from oppression.
(85) As an opposition leader, Kim had long been outspoken and undaunted by oppression.
(86) Things that they see as blanket oppression, I would see as possible sources of strength, such as arranged marriages.
(87) He devoted his life to the struggle against fascism and oppression.
(88) The movie examines how poverty and oppression can ruin a people.
(89) I am much more aware of oppression and racism now, more socially aware, more into doing things to help people.
(90) Social injustice in the forms of racial and sex discrimination, bullying and oppression of the weak and the poor often get away with impunity. Dr T.P.Chia 
More similar words: suppressioncompressionimpressiondepressionexpressionoppressoraggressioncongressionaltransgressionsuppresssessionimpressiverecessionsecessionconfessionprofessionconcessioninexpressibleprofessionalpressmissionpassionimpressexpresscompresspress forregressiveaggressiveemissionprogressive
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