oppression
US /əˈprɛʃən/
・UK /ə'preʃn/
B2
n. (u.)Uncountable NounTreatment of people to limit their freedom
She came from a country where the oppression of women was very common, and now she fights for women's rights
n. (u.)Uncountable NounA sense of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically.
The oppression of the humid air made it difficult to breathe.
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Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33
- and he believed that workers could never, on their own, overcome their superstitions and their prejudices in order to throw off bourgeois oppression.
and he believed that workers could never, on their own, overcome their superstitions and their prejudices in order to throw off bourgeois oppression.
- throw off bourgeois oppression. [interesting]
throw off bourgeois oppression. [interesting]
World Leaders are Failing Human Rights. Here's Why. | NYT Opinion
- Oppression in China, Cambodia, Venezuela;
Oppression in China, Cambodia, Venezuela;
- Oppression in China.
Oppression in China.
What's the Truth About the First Thanksgiving?
- Food, football, and oppression.
Food, football, and oppression.
- That's why they risked their dangerous 1620 voyage to a wilderness continent: not because they were running from oppression,
That's why they risked their dangerous 1620 voyage to a wilderness continent: not because they were running from oppression,
How Arizona Has Kept Its Iced Tea 99 Cents | Still Standing | Business Insider
- The trial was also littered with accusations of fraud, oppression, and intimidation from both parties.
The trial was also littered with accusations of fraud, oppression, and intimidation from both parties.
- oppression, and intimidation from both police parties.
oppression, and intimidation from both police parties.
Martin Luther King | "I Have A Dream" Speech
- I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
- with the heat of oppression will
with the heat of oppression will
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- also in solidarity against the Beijing's race oppression and for the sake of prosperity and stability of our economies and the wider world.
also in solidarity against the Beijing's race oppression and for the sake of prosperity and stability of our economies and the wider world.
Let's Talk About Sister Krone
- And yet she's a great, sympathetic character, morally disgusting but no more so than Isabella, grounded in a system of oppression that made her this way.
And yet she's a great, sympathetic character, morally disgusting but no more so than Isabella, grounded in a system of oppression that made her this way.
- grounded in a system of oppression that made her this way.
grounded in a system of oppression that made her this way.
Dangerous People Are Teaching Your Kids
- It's now possible to complete an English degree and never encounter Shakespeare, one of those dead white males whose works underlie our society of oppression.
It's now possible to complete an English degree and never encounter Shakespeare, one of those dead white males whose works underlie our society of oppression.
- dead white males whose works underlie our
“society of oppression.”
dead white males whose works underlie our “society of oppression.”
When Religions Go Bad And Cause Harm
- And when Quakerism goes wrong, it kind of just looks like moral rigidity or insularity or peacocking to each other, but not systemic oppression.
And when Quakerism goes wrong, it kind of just looks like moral rigidity or insularity or peacocking to each other, but not systemic oppression.
- Like, are our modern weapons and modern crusades and modern capacity for oppression so dangerous to human life that even though these religions offer beautiful things, that we should let them go?
Like, are our modern weapons and modern crusades and modern capacity for oppression so dangerous to human life that even though these religions offer beautiful things, that we should let them go?
The Daily Show - Tomi Lahren - Giving a Voice to Conservative America on "Tomi"
- Why would you take out your perceived oppression of Black people out on the National Anthem and our flag?
Why would you take out your perceived oppression of Black people out on the National Anthem and our flag?
- When you talk when what he said was he is protesting the anthem and the flag because of the oppression of Black people in this country.
When you talk when what he said was he is protesting the anthem and the flag because of the oppression of Black people in this country.