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oppression
 
Noun oppression has 3 senses
  1. oppression, subjugation - the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"
    --1 is a kind of persecution
    Derived form: verb oppress1
  2. oppression - the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
    --2 is a kind of     subjugation, subjection
    --2 has particulars: yoke
  3. oppression, oppressiveness - a feeling of being oppressed
    --3 is a kind of depression
    --3 has particulars: weight
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