as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits
suffered a lingering oppression in the weeks after his dog died
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Recent Examples of oppression
Many of us watch in anguish as our compatriots abandon their homes, desperate for a safe haven beyond the reach of oppression and destruction.
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Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 17 June 2025
Think of people in Germany and South Africa a century ago coming to the United States to study Jim Crow in order to perfect their own systems of racialized inequality and oppression.
—Dave Zirin, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Her main argument was that all injustice stems from gender ideology, and eliminating concepts of gender would solve most other forms of oppression.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
Throughout its history, the church has been a bulwark of protest against oppression and discrimination.
—Samantha Balaban, NPR, 14 June 2025
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Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 17 June 2025
Think of people in Germany and South Africa a century ago coming to the United States to study Jim Crow in order to perfect their own systems of racialized inequality and oppression.
—Dave Zirin, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Her main argument was that all injustice stems from gender ideology, and eliminating concepts of gender would solve most other forms of oppression.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
Throughout its history, the church has been a bulwark of protest against oppression and discrimination.
—Samantha Balaban, NPR, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oppression
Noun
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Spending time with a therapy dog can also reduce anxiety, loneliness and depression, while increasing the patient's socialization.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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For some, symptoms stabilize or improve, especially if caused by treatable issues like depression or medication side effects.—
Nawab John Dar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Labor Day is suffused with a certain melancholy at the end of summer and children are already back in school.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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That betrayal, like so many others, fed the melancholy in Brian's music.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
Noun
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Not the murder, not the arrival of the addicted sister, but the removal of the boy that has been at the core of so much sorrow and betrayal between the sisters.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
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Referencing the push and pull between sorrow and hope, Echakhch transforms water into a metaphor for emotional duality.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Drawing heavily from Qiu’s biography, My Father’s Son centers on an 18-year-old protagonist, Qiao, who loses his voice while attempting to deliver the eulogy at his father’s funeral and flees in anguish.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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Many of us watch in anguish as our compatriots abandon their homes, desperate for a safe haven beyond the reach of oppression and destruction.—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
17 June 2025
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“Oppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppression. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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