Synonyms for oppression
əˈprɛʃ ənop·pres·sion

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1. oppression

   Synonyms:
   captivity, compulsion, constraint, imprisonment, necessity, obligation, serfdom, servitude, slavery, superstition, thraldom

   Antonyms:
   emancipation, freedom, independence, liberty, license

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1. oppression

   Synonyms:
   cruelty, tyranny, severity, injustice, hardship

   Antonyms:
   kindness, mercy, clemency, leniency, justice

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1. oppression, subjugationnoun

   the act of subjugating by cruelty

   "the tyrant's oppression of the people"

   Synonyms:
   subjugation, conquering, subjection, conquest, oppressiveness

2. oppressionnoun

   the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"

   Synonyms:
   subjugation, oppressiveness

3. oppression, oppressivenessnoun

   a feeling of being oppressed

   Synonyms:
   subjugation, burdensomeness, onerousness, heaviness, oppressiveness

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1. oppressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   hardship, misery, suffering, calamity

2. oppressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   tyranny, severity, cruelty, injustice, persecution

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1. oppressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   tyranny, persecution, extortion, hardship, severity

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1. List of paraphrases for "oppression":

   repression, suppression, tightness, persecution, injustice, subjugation, tyranny, coercion, repressive

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1. Alison Bechdel:

   Political is personal; personal is political. I never was a political person until I realized I was a lesbian. I was this oblivious middle-class white kid who didn’t understand the powers of oppression or structure or anything. My very existence became politicized for me and that’s what enabled me to see all these things. It wasn’t just me, it was a whole cultural movement that was also doing those things that I was a part of.

2. Corazon Aquino:

   It bids us break the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to glaring, and indeed scandalous, social inequalities. Reforming the social structures which perpetuate poverty and the exclusion of the poor first requires a conversion of mind and heart.

3. Benjamin Hooks:

   There are a lot of ways an oppressed people can rise. One way to rise is to study, to be smarter than your oppressor. The concept of rising against oppression through physical contact is stupid and self-defeating. It exalts brawn over brain. And the most enduring contributions made to civilization have not been made by brawn, they have been made by brain.

4. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

5. Albert Camus:

   Every insubordinate person, when he rises up against oppression, reaffirms thereby the solidarity of all men.