Wondering how to use Oppression in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as subjugation or persecution.
Oppression meaning
- The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
- A feeling of being oppressed. Special usage may include a sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude.
Synonyms of Oppression
Using Oppression
- The main meaning on this page is: The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. | The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed. | A feeling of being oppressed. Special usage may include a sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude.
- Useful related words include: subjugation, persecution, subjection, oppressiveness.
- In the example corpus, oppression often appears in combinations such as: of oppression, oppression and, and oppression.
Context around Oppression
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oppression
- In this selection, "oppression" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, colonial, structural, palestinian, usually and faced stand out and add context to how "oppression" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hideous oppression or they and abetting that oppression. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oppression" sits close to words such as examiner, jaguars and lockdowns, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oppression
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Books examining race, oppression and violence dominate the nonfiction shortlist. (10 words)
Critical race theory people into rigid categories based on perceived oppression by society. (13 words)
He spoke about militarism having deep ties to colonial oppression, including the oppression of First Nations. (16 words)
In short, he convinced Clemmons to help him continue his mission to help children, a mission that involved speaking out against certain forms of oppression, by adding to the decades of another kind of oppression faced by Clemmons. (38 words)
Calling for a revolution always gets attention — but I think it’s going to be hard to make civility look cool when mores of any kind are considered old-school, corny, and even a sign of “white” oppression. (38 words)
It acts like physical force does in rape." citation They believe no person can be said to truly consent to their own oppression and no people should have the right to consent to the oppression of others. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
He spoke about militarism having deep ties to colonial oppression, including the oppression of First Nations.
Another dynamic is introduced when we identify victims of suffering and oppression with Christ's suffering and oppression.
Most of the discussions about structural oppression usually end with the old-school advice of accepting the harsh reality, rather than building conviction to fight the oppression.
Sexual violence is “one system of oppression that connects to and intersects with other systems of oppression – they all feed off each other and support one another,” said Werner.
The fight against anti-Semitism must be linked to the wider fight against oppression — including the fight against Palestinian oppression.
For Erdogan, the oppression of the Kurds is a necessary tool to cut through the class struggle at home, allowing him to continue the oppression and exploitation of Turkey’s working class.
In short, he convinced Clemmons to help him continue his mission to help children, a mission that involved speaking out against certain forms of oppression, by adding to the decades of another kind of oppression faced by Clemmons.
It acts like physical force does in rape." citation They believe no person can be said to truly consent to their own oppression and no people should have the right to consent to the oppression of others.
They were either writhing under a hideous oppression or they were aiding and abetting that oppression.
Again, the idea is not to collapse what we know about our experiences or the oppression, but to get specific about exactly what we are talking about.
And as in the times of slavery, farm and incarcerated workers have used gardening as a way to resist their oppression.
Any talk about improving the conditions of oppression in light of the great sacrifices of Gaza is a betrayal of the Palestinian martyrs.
Ateek completely changes Jesus' meaning claiming, "The judge represented empire and people of power, hence the injustice and oppression.
Books examining race, oppression and violence dominate the nonfiction shortlist.
But almost every research going shows if you are poor, working class and experience oppression, you’ll have some form of mental distress.
Calling for a revolution always gets attention — but I think it’s going to be hard to make civility look cool when mores of any kind are considered old-school, corny, and even a sign of “white” oppression.
Cherry’s books include UnMuted: Conversations on Prejudice, Oppression, and Social Justice (Oxford University Press) and, co-edited with Owen Flanagan, The Moral Psychology of Anger Littlefield).
Critical race theory people into rigid categories based on perceived oppression by society.
Denver is one of more than 200 U.S. cities where historical monuments were removed — either by protesters or city officials — from public spaces in 2020, having come to symbolize slavery, racism and oppression to many.
Depression and other psychosomatic disorders among lecturers have also increased due to feelings of abandonment, oppression, and detachment.
Common combinations with oppression
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of oppression 41×
- oppression and 36×
- and oppression 31×
- oppression of 30×
- the oppression 25×
- oppression in 8×
- oppression by 6×
- from oppression 5×
- racial oppression 5×
- oppression that 4×