oppression

About 7.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
2. noun The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.

   Extreme freedom is followed by extreme oppression, said Plato.

3. noun A feeling of being oppressed. Special usage may include a sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude.

   Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.

Similar words

oppressiveness subjugation oppressed repressive repression suppressing suppression duress persecution victimisation

Often followed by

of and in is by that to or which

Word family

oppressions