"oppression" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈpɹɛʃən/ Audio: en-us-oppression.ogg Forms: oppressions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʃən Etymology: From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressiō (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”), from opprimō; see oppress. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oppression}} Middle English oppression, {{der|en|fro|oppression}} Old French oppression, {{der|en|la|oppressiō||a pressing down, violence, oppression}} Latin oppressiō (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} oppression (countable and uncountable, plural oppressions)
  1. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner): гнет (gnet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), زۆرداری (zordarî) (Central Kurdish), onderdrukking [feminine] (Dutch), sortaminen (Finnish), oppression [feminine] (French), შევიწროება (ševic̣roeba) (Georgian), Unterdrückung [feminine] (German), ansmacht [masculine] (Irish), leatrom [masculine] (Irish), cos ar bolg [masculine] (Irish), гнет (gnet) (Macedonian), opressão [feminine] (Portuguese), гнёт (gnjot) [masculine] (Russian), угнете́ние (ugneténije) [neuter] (Russian), притесне́ние (pritesnénije) [neuter] (Russian), и́го (ígo) [figuratively, neuter] (Russian), tlačenje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), potlačivanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ugnjetavanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), opresija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), baskı [figuratively] (Turkish), пригно́блення (pryhnóblennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), гніт (hnit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), у́тиск (útysk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-oppression-en-noun-QOpzYB21 Disambiguation of 'exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner': 98 1 1
  2. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Social justice, Violence Translations (act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed): trysni [feminine] (Albanian), shtypje [feminine] (Albanian), ظُلْم (ẓulm) [masculine] (Arabic), հալածանք (halacankʻ) (Armenian), բռնաճնշում (bṙnačnšum) (Armenian), zülm (Azerbaijani), прыгнёт (pryhnjót) [masculine] (Belarusian), прыгнеча́нне (pryhnječánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), জুলুম (julum) (Bengali), নিপীড়ন (nipiṛon) (Bengali), উত্পীড়ন (utpiṛon) (Bengali), প্রজাপীড়ন (projapiṛon) (Bengali), поти́сничество (potísničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), гнет (gnet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), угнетя́ване (ugnetjávane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), притесне́ние (pritesnénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), opressió [feminine] (Catalan), چەوساندنەوە (çewsandnewe) (Central Kurdish), زۆرداری (zordarî) (Central Kurdish), 壓迫 /压迫 (yāpò) (Chinese Mandarin), 壓制 /压制 (yāzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), útlak [masculine] (Czech), undertrykkelse [common-gender] (Danish), onderdrukking [feminine] (Dutch), rõhumine (Estonian), sorto (Finnish), oppression [feminine] (French), opresión [feminine] (Galician), შევიწროება (ševic̣roeba) (Georgian), ჩაგვრა (čagvra) (Georgian), Unterdrückung [feminine] (German), καταπίεση (katapíesi) [feminine] (Greek), דיכוי (Hebrew), דִּכּוּי (dikúy) [masculine] (Hebrew), ज़ुल्म (zulm) [masculine] (Hindi), उत्पीड़न (utpīṛan) [masculine] (Hindi), elnyomás (Hungarian), ansmacht [masculine] (Irish), leatrom [masculine] (Irish), oppressione [feminine] (Italian), 圧迫 (appaku) (alt: あっぱく) (Japanese), 圧制 (assei) (alt: あっせい) (Japanese), езгі (ezgı) (Kazakh), 압박 (apbak) (alt: 壓迫) (Korean), 압제 (apje) (alt: 壓制) (Korean), эзүү (ezüü) (Kyrgyz), apspiešana [feminine] (Latvian), priespauda [feminine] (Lithuanian), угнетување (ugnetuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), tyrauntrie (Middle English), zilm (Northern Kurdish), zordarî (Northern Kurdish), undertrykkelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ظلم (zulm, zulüm) (Ottoman Turkish), زوربهلق (zorbalık) (Ottoman Turkish), ظلم (zᶕləm) [masculine] (Pashto), ظلم (zolm) (Persian), ucisk [masculine] (Polish), opresja [feminine] (Polish), opressão [feminine] (Portuguese), oprimare [feminine] (Romanian), гнёт (gnjot) [masculine] (Russian), угнете́ние (ugneténije) [neuter] (Russian), притесне́ние (pritesnénije) [neuter] (Russian), sàrachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), опрѐсија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), тлачење [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), угњетавање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), зу̀лум [Cyrillic, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), oprèsija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tlačenje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ugnjetavanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), zùlum [Roman, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), útlak [masculine] (Slovak), tlačenje [neuter] (Slovene), zatiranje [neuter] (Slovene), opresión [feminine] (Spanish), förtryck (Swedish), зулм (zulm) (Tajik), золым (zolım) (Tatar), nauske (Tocharian B), zulüm (Turkish), гніт (hnit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пригні́чення (pryhníčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), пригно́блення (pryhnóblennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ظُلْم (zulm) [masculine] (Urdu), زۇلۇم (zulum) (Uyghur), zulm (Uzbek), sự áp bức (Vietnamese), gormes [feminine] (Welsh), באַדריקונג (badrikung) [feminine] (Yiddish), אונטערדריקונג (unterdrikung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  3. A feeling of being oppressed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (feeling of being oppressed): زۆرداری (zordarî) (Central Kurdish), bedruktheid [feminine] (Dutch), opressão [feminine] (Portuguese), sàrachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), potlačenost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ugnjetenost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), пригно́блення (pryhnóblennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-oppression-en-noun-sZSQxiWr Disambiguation of 'feeling of being oppressed': 2 12 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Oppression Olympics, silence is oppression, triple oppression Related terms: oppress

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]",
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          "text": "\"Tibet challenges the conscience of the world,\" I told the audience at a gathering outside the town's main temple. \"If freedom-loving people throughout the world do not speak out against China's oppression in China and Tibet, we have lost all moral authority to speak on behalf of human rights anywhere in the world.\"",
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pryhnječánnje",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прыгнеча́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "julum",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "জুলুম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "nipiṛon",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "নিপীড়ন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "utpiṛon",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "উত্পীড়ন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "projapiṛon",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "প্রজাপীড়ন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "potísničestvo",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "поти́сничество"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gnet",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гнет"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ugnetjávane",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "угнетя́ване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pritesnénie",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "притесне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opressió"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāpò",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "壓迫 /压迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāzhì",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "壓制 /压制"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "útlak"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "undertrykkelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onderdrukking"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "rõhumine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "sorto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oppression"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opresión"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ševic̣roeba",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "შევიწროება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čagvra",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "ჩაგვრა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterdrückung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katapíesi",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "καταπίεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "דיכוי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dikúy",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דִּכּוּי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zulm",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ज़ुल्म"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "utpīṛan",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उत्पीड़न"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "elnyomás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ansmacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leatrom"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oppressione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あっぱく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "appaku",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "圧迫"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あっせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "assei",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "圧制"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ezgı",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "езгі"
    },
    {
      "alt": "壓迫",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "apbak",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "압박"
    },
    {
      "alt": "壓制",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "apje",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "압제"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "çewsandnewe",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "چەوساندنەوە"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "zordarî",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "زۆرداری"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "zilm"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "zordarî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ezüü",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "эзүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apspiešana"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "priespauda"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ugnetuvanje",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "угнетување"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "tyrauntrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "undertrykkelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "zulm, zulüm",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "ظلم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "zorbalık",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "زوربهلق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "zᶕləm",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ظلم"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zolm",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "ظلم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ucisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opresja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opressão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oprimare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gnjot",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гнёт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugneténije",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "угнете́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pritesnénije",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "притесне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sàrachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "опрѐсија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "тлачење"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "угњетавање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "зу̀лум"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oprèsija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tlačenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ugnjetavanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "zùlum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "útlak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tlačenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zatiranje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opresión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "förtryck"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zulm",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "зулм"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "zolım",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "золым"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "nauske"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "zulüm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hnit",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гніт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryhníčennja",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пригні́чення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryhnóblennja",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пригно́блення"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zulm",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ظُلْم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "zulum",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "زۇلۇم"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "zulm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "word": "sự áp bức"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gormes"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "badrikung",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "באַדריקונג"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "unterdrikung",
      "sense": "act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אונטערדריקונג"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "feeling of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bedruktheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "zordarî",
      "sense": "feeling of being oppressed",
      "word": "زۆرداری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "feeling of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opressão"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "feeling of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sàrachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "feeling of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potlačenost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "feeling of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ugnjetenost"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryhnóblennja",
      "sense": "feeling of being oppressed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пригно́блення"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gnet",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гнет"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onderdrukking"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "word": "sortaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oppression"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ševic̣roeba",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "word": "შევიწროება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterdrückung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ansmacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leatrom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cos ar bolg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "zordarî",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "word": "زۆرداری"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gnet",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "word": "гнет"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opressão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gnjot",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гнёт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugneténije",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "угнете́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pritesnénije",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "притесне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ígo",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "и́го"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tlačenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "potlačivanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ugnjetavanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opresija"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "baskı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryhnóblennja",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пригно́блення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hnit",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гніт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "útysk",
      "sense": "exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у́тиск"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oppression"
}

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