Oppression
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of subjugating by cruelty
"The tyrant's oppression of the people"
(2) A feeling of being oppressed
(3) The state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
< < < < , pp. ; see oppress.
Noun
- 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.