Oppression

Portuguese Meaning

opressão

despotismo

crueldade

tirania

depressão

English Meaning

  1. The act of oppressing; arbitrary and cruel exercise of power: "There can be no really pervasive system of oppression . . . without the consent of the oppressed” ( Florynce R. Kennedy).
  2. The state of being oppressed.
  3. Something that oppresses.
  4. A feeling of being heavily weighed down in mind or body.