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oppressed::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | laden |
oppressed by a sense of failure.
Examples of oppressed
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It will no longer be possible to convince the oppressed that they are powerless.
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Thank you, Mr Amess, for providing a voice to the millions of oppressed in Iran.
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It risked alienating buyers with controversial ads that spoke for the oppressed.
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Strong, oppressed, desperate peasants raised up against sick, decadent emperors.
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But I can't then go to a woman in a niqab or a burqa and say they are oppressed.
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Speechlessness is often the self-preserving hush of the powerless and oppressed.
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A so-called Arab spring brought waves of liberation to a long-oppressed region.
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Those without lawyers will be the poor, the vulnerable, the weak and oppressed.
From the guardian.co.uk
He is honest as the day is long, an advocate for the oppressed and disadvantaged.
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- Laden: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"
- (oppress) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
- (oppress) persecute: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
- (oppression) the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"
- (oppression) the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
- (oppression) a feeling of being oppressed
- The Oppressed is a Welsh anti-fascist Oi! band that formed in 1981 in Cardiff. Most of the musicians in the band's various lineups were skinheads. ...
- Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, and anxiety.
- (oppress) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush; To keep down by force; To make sad or gloomy
