Oppression
noun
The cruel or unfair treatment of a person or group of people over a long period of time.
The government is accused of political oppression.
Often appears as...
- political oppression
- racial oppression
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Disapproving
noun
A heavy feeling of sadness or worry.
The oppression of her guilt was hard to bear.
Often appears as...
- oppression of guilt
- oppression of depression
noun
Prevention from thinking, expressing, or doing something freely.
They protested against the oppression of their rights.
Often appears as...
- oppression of rights
- oppression of speech
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Disapproving
noun
The cruel or unfair treatment of a person or group of people over a long period of time.
The government is accused of political oppression.
Often appears as...
- political oppression
- racial oppression
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A heavy feeling of sadness or worry.
The oppression of her guilt was hard to bear.
Often appears as...
- oppression of guilt
- oppression of depression
noun
Prevention from thinking, expressing, or doing something freely.
They protested against the oppression of their rights.
Often appears as...
- oppression of rights
- oppression of speech
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Long-Term Suffering
Oppression often indicates prolonged mistreatment, not one-time events.
Her ancestors endured centuries of oppression.
Pro Tip 2/3Power Imbalance
Oppression involves one group wielding power over another, whether small or vast in number.
Minorities have faced oppression by oppressive regimes.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Violent
Oppression can be non-violent, such as denying rights or resources.
The new laws are causing economic oppression to the community.
Pro Tip 1/3Long-Term Suffering
Oppression often indicates prolonged mistreatment, not one-time events.
Her ancestors endured centuries of oppression.
Pro Tip 2/3Power Imbalance
Oppression involves one group wielding power over another, whether small or vast in number.
Minorities have faced oppression by oppressive regimes.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Violent
Oppression can be non-violent, such as denying rights or resources.
The new laws are causing economic oppression to the community.
Pro Tip 1/3Long-Term Suffering
Oppression often indicates prolonged mistreatment, not one-time events.
Her ancestors endured centuries of oppression.
Pro Tip 2/3Power Imbalance
Oppression involves one group wielding power over another, whether small or vast in number.
Minorities have faced oppression by oppressive regimes.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Violent
Oppression can be non-violent, such as denying rights or resources.
The new laws are causing economic oppression to the community.
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despotismdiscriminatedominatorexploitationinjusticepersecuterepressionsubjugatesuppressiontyranny
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His Epic Message Will...
powerless but it has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can cause the typhoon halfway around the world will when enough people come together we too will make waves and watch the world into a new era filled with love and connection freedom for all without oppression but it is up to you yes you watching this
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How to recognize a...
Though the name suggested impossibility, modern scientific and political progress raised hopes of these dreams finally becoming reality. But time and time again, they instead turned into nightmares of war, famine, and oppression. And as artists began to question utopian thinking,
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Designing for a more...
I am proud to be on this stage to be able to highlight my identities of being a black woman and of being a designer being a black woman I've had to acknowledge the long-term effects of racial and gender oppression and what it's meant on my life especially the
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Kavita Ramdas: Radical...
accepted polarities, polarities we've taken for granted for a long time, like the ones between modernity and tradition, First World and Third World, oppression and opportunity. In the midst of the daunting challenges we face as a global community,
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Aspen Baker: A better...
And this way of thinking allows us to see our differences with respect, instead of fear. And it generates the empathy that we need to overcome all the ways that we try to hurt one another. Stigma, shame, prejudice, discrimination, oppression.
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Why Gender Equality Is...
One of the women was white, and one was black. And the white woman said -- this is going to sound very anachronistic now -- the white woman said, "All women face the same oppression as women. All women are similarly situated in patriarchy,
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Alexandra Fuller: Born...
Civil War and war in general does not tend to stop at a frontline we can all have truth and reconciliation that's not the end how do you dig out all that hurt all that oppression from the hearts of so many people and so for
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Inside the mind of a...
I was 17. So these experiences gave me a sharp awareness of the atrocities and injustices in the world. And I had a strong desire -- a very keen, deep desire -- to right wrongs and help the victims of oppression.
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Peter van Uhm: Why I...
can turn conflict into peace and threat into hope. And I hope that one day armies can be disbanded and humans will find a way of living together without violence and oppression.
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It's time to reclaim...
How small our world has become. It's so hard for us to remember how interconnected we all are as human beings. And yet, we know that it is systems of oppression
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His Epic Message Will...
powerless but it has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can cause the typhoon halfway around the world will when enough people come together we too will make waves and watch the world into a new era filled with love and connection freedom for all without oppression but it is up to you yes you watching this
Video examples
How to recognize a...
Though the name suggested impossibility, modern scientific and political progress raised hopes of these dreams finally becoming reality. But time and time again, they instead turned into nightmares of war, famine, and oppression. And as artists began to question utopian thinking,
Video examples
Designing for a more...
I am proud to be on this stage to be able to highlight my identities of being a black woman and of being a designer being a black woman I've had to acknowledge the long-term effects of racial and gender oppression and what it's meant on my life especially the
Video examples
Kavita Ramdas: Radical...
accepted polarities, polarities we've taken for granted for a long time, like the ones between modernity and tradition, First World and Third World, oppression and opportunity. In the midst of the daunting challenges we face as a global community,
Video examples
Aspen Baker: A better...
And this way of thinking allows us to see our differences with respect, instead of fear. And it generates the empathy that we need to overcome all the ways that we try to hurt one another. Stigma, shame, prejudice, discrimination, oppression.
Video examples
Why Gender Equality Is...
One of the women was white, and one was black. And the white woman said -- this is going to sound very anachronistic now -- the white woman said, "All women face the same oppression as women. All women are similarly situated in patriarchy,
Video examples
Alexandra Fuller: Born...
Civil War and war in general does not tend to stop at a frontline we can all have truth and reconciliation that's not the end how do you dig out all that hurt all that oppression from the hearts of so many people and so for
Video examples
Inside the mind of a...
I was 17. So these experiences gave me a sharp awareness of the atrocities and injustices in the world. And I had a strong desire -- a very keen, deep desire -- to right wrongs and help the victims of oppression.
Video examples
Peter van Uhm: Why I...
can turn conflict into peace and threat into hope. And I hope that one day armies can be disbanded and humans will find a way of living together without violence and oppression.
Video examples
It's time to reclaim...
How small our world has become. It's so hard for us to remember how interconnected we all are as human beings. And yet, we know that it is systems of oppression
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Erik Spoelstra
American Coach
I think it's gonna take a sincere empathy and compassion for people of all races, to really reflect and process on the true history of the black community in this country. The history has been filled with incredible oppression and we really have to acknowledge that, to start to change the lens of how we see true equality.
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Ayn Rand
Russian Writer
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
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James Cromwell
American Actor
Until men learn to celebrate and operate on the feminine aspect of themselves and stop the oppression of women, children, the environment, other species, we don't have a world to live in. It's not a world that anyone chooses to live in.
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Peter Kropotkin
Russian Revolutionary
America is just the country that how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.
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Jonathan Sacks
British Clergyman
If you want a free society, teach your children what oppression tastes like. Tell them how many miracles it takes to get from here to there. Above all, encourage them to ask questions. Teach them to think for themselves.
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John McCain
American Politician
In the real world, as lived and experienced by real people, the demand for human rights and dignity, the longing for liberty and justice and opportunity, the hatred of oppression and corruption and cruelty is reality.
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Neil Tennant
English Musician
Because some people have sex with people of the same sex, an entire culture has been created, broadly speaking, out of oppression. Which in a rational world would not be an issue.
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Tananarive Due
American Author
Somehow, I realized I could write books about black characters who reflected my own experiences or otherworldly experiences - not just stories of history, poverty and oppression.
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Hosea Ballou
American Clergyman
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.
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Erik Spoelstra
American Coach
I think it's gonna take a sincere empathy and compassion for people of all races, to really reflect and process on the true history of the black community in this country. The history has been filled with incredible oppression and we really have to acknowledge that, to start to change the lens of how we see true equality.
Quote examples
Ayn Rand
Russian Writer
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
Quote examples
James Cromwell
American Actor
Until men learn to celebrate and operate on the feminine aspect of themselves and stop the oppression of women, children, the environment, other species, we don't have a world to live in. It's not a world that anyone chooses to live in.
Quote examples
Peter Kropotkin
Russian Revolutionary
America is just the country that how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.
Quote examples
Jonathan Sacks
British Clergyman
If you want a free society, teach your children what oppression tastes like. Tell them how many miracles it takes to get from here to there. Above all, encourage them to ask questions. Teach them to think for themselves.
Quote examples
John McCain
American Politician
In the real world, as lived and experienced by real people, the demand for human rights and dignity, the longing for liberty and justice and opportunity, the hatred of oppression and corruption and cruelty is reality.
Quote examples
Neil Tennant
English Musician
Because some people have sex with people of the same sex, an entire culture has been created, broadly speaking, out of oppression. Which in a rational world would not be an issue.
Quote examples
Tananarive Due
American Author
Somehow, I realized I could write books about black characters who reflected my own experiences or otherworldly experiences - not just stories of history, poverty and oppression.
Quote examples
Hosea Ballou
American Clergyman
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.
Quote examples
Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.
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