Definitions from Wiktionary (oppress)
▸ verb: (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To sexually violate; to rape.
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▸ verb: (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To sexually violate; to rape.
▸ Also see oppress
Opposite:
Types:
racism,
sexism,
classism,
homophobia,
transphobia,
ableism,
speciesism,
capitalism,
authoritarianism,
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