OPPRESS Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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oppress

[ uh-pres ]

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verb (used with object)

to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power:
a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
Synonyms: ,
to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.):
Care and sorrow oppressed them.
Antonyms: ,
to weigh down, as sleep or weariness does.
Archaic. to put down; subdue or suppress.
Archaic. to press upon or against; crush.

oppress

/ 蓹藞辫谤蓻蝉 /

verb

to subjugate by cruelty, force, etc
to afflict or torment
to lie heavy on (the mind, imagination, etc)
an obsolete word for overwhelm

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Derived Forms

辞辫藞辫谤别蝉蝉辞谤, noun
辞辫藞辫谤别蝉蝉颈苍驳濒测, adverb

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

辞辫路辫谤别蝉蝉路颈路产濒别 adjective
辞辫路辫谤别蝉路蝉辞谤 noun
辫谤别路辞辫路辫谤别蝉蝉 verb (used with object)
谤别路辞辫路辫谤别蝉蝉 verb (used with object)
un路辞辫路辫谤别蝉蝉路颈路产濒别 adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of oppress¹

First recorded in 1300鈥�50; Middle English oppressen, from Middle French oppresser, from Medieval Latin 辞辫辫谤别蝉蝉腻谤别, derivative of Latin oppressus, past participle of opprimere 鈥渢o squeeze, suffocate,鈥� equivalent to op- 鈥渢o, toward, against鈥� + -primere (combining form of premere ) 鈥渢o press鈥�; op-, press ¹

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of oppress¹

C14: via Old French from Medieval Latin 辞辫辫谤别蝉蝉腻谤别, from Latin opprimere, from ob- against + premere to press

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Synonym Study

Oppress, depress, both having the literal meaning to press down upon, to cause to sink, are today mainly limited to figurative applications. To oppress is usually to subject (a people) to burdens, to undue exercise of authority, and the like; its chief application, therefore, is to a social or political situation: a tyrant oppressing his subjects. Depress suggests mainly the psychological effect, upon the individual, of unpleasant conditions, situations, etc., that sadden and discourage: depressed by the news. When oppress is sometimes used in this sense, it suggests a psychological attitude of more complete hopelessness: oppressed by a sense of failure.

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Example Sentences

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As the church鈥檚 266th leader, he was revered by many Catholics and theologians for his commitment to social justice and focus on church ministry to migrants, poor and oppressed people.

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Nevertheless, as pope, Francis rehabilitated and reconciled with several liberation theologians once exiled by his predecessors and seemed to share the goal of orienting the church more towards serving the oppressed.

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His emphasis on God鈥檚 love and his demand that the church go out and minister to oppressed and needy people impressed even those who disagreed with him.

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Jesus would have told us to care for the poor and oppressed.

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Politically it is no longer a story of oppressor versus oppressed.

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