oppression
US: /əˈpɹɛʃən/
UK: /əpɹˈɛʃən/
UK: /əpɹˈɛʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
oppression /ə'preʃn/
- danh từ
- sự đàn áp, sự áp bức
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
repression, suppression, subjugation, subjection, tyranny, despotism, enslavement, persecution, maltreatment, abuse, torment, torture, hardship, injury, pain, anguish, injustice:
People who have not known oppression cannot imagine the agonies suffered by the oppressed who once were free.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
class, economic, political, racial, sexual | black, colonial, gay, women's | male
VERB + OPPRESSION
face, suffer
ethnic minorities suffering oppression at the hands of occupying forces
Concise English dictionary
oppressionsə'preʃn
noun
+the act of subjugating by cruelty
+the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
+a feeling of being oppressed
