noun🔗ShareThe exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner."The citizens lived under constant oppression, with the government controlling their speech and actions. "politicsgovernmentrightinhumanstatesocietylawmoralsufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed."The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution."politicsgovernmentsocietyinhumanactionrightsufferingstateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA feeling of being oppressed."Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun."politicssocietyrightsufferinginhumanemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading