oppression

Definition von oppression im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner; The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed
The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution.; A feeling of being oppressed
Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.; Oppression is the cruel or unfair treatment of a group of people. an attempt to escape political oppression. when someone treats a group of people unfairly or cruelly and prevents them from having the same rights as other people have political/racial/sexual etc oppression; {n} cruelty, hardship, heaviness; the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people" a feeling of being oppressed the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted; That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny; Ravishment; rape; a feeling of being oppressed the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted; The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed; the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"; A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs; {i} depression; exploitation; tyranny; suppression; the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"; oppressure
oppress: Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush
Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse, / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
oppress: {v} to injure, crush by hardship, subdue
oppress: To keep down by force
oppress: To put down; to crush out; to suppress
oppress: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
oppress: To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in We are not normal like everybody else. If we were they wouldn't be oppressing us
oppress: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists
oppress: If something oppresses you, it makes you feel depressed, anxious, and uncomfortable. It was not just the weather which oppressed her
oppress: {f} repress; suppress; tyrannize
oppress: To ravish; to violate
oppress: To make sad or gloomy
oppress: To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach
oppress: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
oppress: To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von oppression im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch: zulüm

oppression

Silbentrennung

op·pres·sion

Türkische aussprache

ıpreşın

Synonyme

abuse, abusiveness, autocracy, brutality, calamity, coercion, compulsion, conquering, control, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, domination, fascism, force

Antonyme

cheer, delight, happiness, joy

Aussprache

/əˈpresʜən/ /əˈprɛʃən/

Etymologie

() Middle English oppression Old French oppression Latin oppressio (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”) opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press down”); see oppress.